On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium ...

A view of the ancient ruins of the Stadium at Olympia with ... of Olympia was remote, nestled in Greece’s southwest corner 210 miles from Athens, so to get there most spectators had traipsed ...

In 2004, Greece hosted the Summer Olympics ... seven feet under facilities built for the Olympics. In the fall of last year, the Olympic Stadium in Athens, which was remodeled for the games ...

The Panathenaic Stadium, which remains the finishing point for the annual Athens Marathon, is particularly impressive, both a nod to the nation’s Ancient Olympic ... people of Greece may just ...

in south west Greece. Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and take part. Image caption, The ancient Olympic athletes would enter the stadium by ...

Olympia, Greece, where the weather reaches ... In addition to the iconic Olympic ruins, which include the ancient stadium where the first Olympic Games took place, visitors can also explore ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running ... And this is the stadium where it all happens. Now these guys are just training so they’re allowed ...

ATHENS--Greece's Olympic Committee ... The Tokyo 2020 Olympics torch relay got under way on Thursday when the flame was lit by the rays of the sun in ancient Olympia in a ceremony that was scaled ...