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

Professor of Sport Studies Amy Bass joins WIRED to answers the internet's burning questions about the history of the Olympics. When were the first olympics contested? How do the olympic games of ...

The Mediterranean Sea used to be filled with pirates who terrorized not only Ancient Greece but Rome as well. Long before the Pirates of the Caribbean, the Seas of Europe were filled with pirates ...

Synchrotron radiation has revealed a star map made by the ancient astronomer Hipparchus that was thought to be lost to time ...

Kirsty Coventry, the multi-Olympic swimming champion who last year became the first woman to lead the International Olympic ...

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.

5th century BC. The Persian Achaemenid Empire, established half a century earlier under Cyrus the Great, stretched from ...

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.

Forget the explore page, the ancient Greeks were the original hybrid athletes ...

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 ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. — The annual Clearwater Greekfest is happening this weekend. The event is hosted by Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, which is located on Old Coachman Road. Admission and parking ...

ANAHEIM, CA – Nikita Pramod, an 8th grader at Fairmont Private Schools in Southern California, delivered an impressive performance at the 2025 Pentathlon National Competition, held May 16–17 in San ...