A view of the ancient ruins of the Stadium at Olympia with its centerpiece 210-yard track. Roger Wood/Corbis In the hills above Olympia, I awoke before dawn, feeling bleary-eyed from the Greek ...

For perhaps a thousand years, the location of the sanctuary and the most illustrious competition in ancient Greece remained a mystery. The birthplace of the Olympics, with its temples and stadium ...

This is the stadium at Olympia. It was built during ... around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and take part. Image caption, The ancient Olympic athletes would enter ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (Reuters) - The International Olympic ... in his speech at the Olympic academy near the ancient ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running ... can travel safely to and from Olympia. And this is the stadium where it all happens.

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Seven candidates in the IOC presidential election came to the most sacred Olympic site on Tuesday, two days before the contest to elect a new leader. Rain at ...

Per tradition, the torch was lit on April 15 in Olympia, Greece, honoring the historical birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, which date back to 776 BC. Once lit, 600 torchbearers carried the ...

The Olympic Flame for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be ignited in Ancient Olympia, Greece, before being transported ... Committee at the Panathinaikó Stadium on Friday, April 26 at 5:30 ...

The torch was lit in a traditional ceremony honoring the Olympic games' roots in Ancient ... to the 2024 Olympics has officially begun. On April 16, a group gathered in Olympia, Greece, the ...