Olympic Push For Kho Kho, India's Ancient Tag Sport
The ancient game of kho kho is enjoying a resurgence in India, with organisers of the first international tournament hoping ...
Kho kho's olympic dream: India's ancient tag sport eyes global stage
The ancient game of kho kho is enjoying a resurgence in India, with organisers of the first international tournament hoping ...
Nazi camp survivor and Olympic torch bearer Lebranchu dies aged 102
Roger Lebranchu who survived almost two years in Nazi concentration camps and was the oldest person to carry the Olympic ...
Paris Olympics organizer Tony Estanguet nominated by IOC to return as a member
Paris Olympics organizer Tony Estanguet has been nominated to return to the IOC as a member. Estanguet led the successful ...
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Archaeologists Uncover Evidence Of Complex Brain Surgery In Ancient Greece
This 1,600-year-old skull has revealed that ancient Greeks performed complicated brain surgery. "The surgical operation is ...
Greek Reporter13d
Olympia: The Epicenter of Tourism in Ancient Greece
Sports tourism in ancient Greece was widespread, especially to the athletic events of the games at Olympia, Delphi, Isthmia and Nemea.
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The oldest living Olympic medal winner, Ágnes Keleti, has died at age 103
Keleti, who was also a Holocaust survivor, was hospitalized in critical condition with pneumonia on Dec. 25. She died ...
Smithsonian Magazine13d
How People of the Past Predicted the Future, From Spider Divination to Bibliomancy
A new exhibition spotlights the ways in which cultures around the world have sought answers in the face of uncertainty ...
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The Smell of Sweat: Greek Athletics, Olympics, and Culture
a very ;sea CD attached to the book, containing a great many of Blake Tyrrell's original sources in translation. The Ancient Olympics by Nigel Spivey (Cambridge) is a much better organised attempt at ...
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Ancient Olympics: Let the Games Begin (2004)
Come back with us to Ancient Greece, 2,500 Years ago to the original Olympic Games. The ancient Games, like our modern Olympics, included champions and cheaters, glory and scandals, bitter ...