Dr Judith Swaddling is an Assistant Keeper in the Greek and Roman Department at the British Museum. She is author of The Ancient Olympic Games, a guide to both the games and the site of ancient ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled ... when an actress dressed as an ancient Greek priestess uses the ...

Question: The Olympic torch is a tribute to the fire that burned throughout the ancient Greek Olympic games honoring which goddess? Answer: Hestia 21. Question: Which city has hosted the Olympics ...

Father Richard Pengelley, the former Anglican dean of Perth who represented Australia in water polo at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, says sport and religion were inseparable for the ancient Greeks.

Did the ancient Macedonians participate in the Olympic Games in which only the Greeks were allowed to compete?

Pierre de Coubertin hoped the modern Games would encourage the ancient Greek notion of harmony between “muscle and mind” Ellen Wexler - Assistant Editor, Humanities At the ancient Olympics in ...