The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics begin in one week, and the United Nations and organizers are calling for a 7-week pause of all wars worldwide — as they do every time the Olympics take place.

Kirsty Coventry, the multi-Olympic swimming champion who last year became the first woman to lead the International Olympic Committee, addressed the General Assembly at the latest vote in November.

So that question begs for two answers. The very first Olympic games were 776 BC in Olympia, Greece. There was one event, a sprint race to honor Zeus. and it wasn't until people were crashing out on it ...

Following a year marked by growing interest in precious metals and the wider jewellery market, Apollo Art Auctions is delighted to begin the New Year with a sale of historically significant works: ...

Ancient Greek athletes used a variety of training methods to prepare for the Olympic Games and other such contests.

Like today, people in ancient times understood that investing money could help them consolidate and grow their wealth. In ...

There is nothing quite as sacred in the world of combat sports as the “0.” That pristine, undefeated record is a marketing golden ticket. It screams invincibility. It tells the world that nobody has ...

When I was 8 or 9 years old, my uncle and aunt gave me a copy of D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths, a standard-bearer for children’s folklore that was originally published in 1962. I was immediately ...

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world. Early Roman Empire depiction of a Freedman and Freedwoman, 30-15 BCE. British Museum, London, UK.

The New Year is upon us. That familiar sense of returning to the same place: same resolutions, same hopes, maybe the same weight, job dissatisfaction, or relationship patterns you swore you'd address.

Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia Parties in ancient Greece were wild, with evidence of copious alcohol and sex. That’s the popular idea that endures today.

Recent excavations in the ancient Etruscan city of Vulci revealed the head of a marble statue that appears to have Greek influence. The head belongs to a kore, statues made in the images of young ...