The main event of the ancient games was the pentathlon ... to travel safely to and from Olympia for the Games. The ancient Olympic Games reached their zenith in the sixth and fifth centuries ...

Image caption, The ancient Olympic athletes would enter ... could practise their boxing and wrestling. The main event at the Olympics was not a sporting event, but a sacrifice.

Ancient Greek pottery is my favorite because it depicted everything. But then...we stopped. It's a shame because a lot has happened since this art style peaked. So here are 16 ancient Greek vases ...

The Ancient Olympic Games were a magnificent spectacle that captivated the Greeks for nearly 12 centuries. These games were not just a sporting event but also a religious festival and a social and ...

I’ve pretty much dominated the running events at four consecutive Olympic Games. One day they’ll ... here is one of the seven wonders of the Ancient World, and on the third day - the middle ...

The ancient Olympics began in 776 B.C. with a single ... expanded over the next 400 years to include additional running events as well as chariot races, military competitions, wrestling, boxing ...

The Olympic Flame or Olympic Torch is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus, its origins lie in ancient ... In the event that you ...

The torch was lit in a traditional ceremony honoring the Olympic games' roots in Ancient Olympia Julia Moore is a TV writer-reporter at PEOPLE. A graduate of Northwestern University, she has been ...