Boxing in the ancient Olympics was a fierce and unforgiving sport, first introduced in 688 BCE. Unlike modern boxing, ancient Greek boxing had minimal rules and no weight classes, leading to often ...

These styles used much simpler patterns than had been used during the Mycenaean Era, reflective of the decline in society. A type of ancient Greek dumbbell used in the Olympics. Credit: Egisto Sani / ...

Ancient Greek gymnasiums not only produced good, healthy citizens but also great Olympic Games athletes, philosophers, poets, and doctors. During the Hellenistic Period, gymnasiums became more highly ...

“Who could forget last year’s Paris Olympics, where a male boxer stole the women’s gold medal after brutalizing his female opponent so viciously that she had to forfeit just after 46 ...