The archaeological site of Olympia is a treasure trove of ancient wonders. Walking through the ruins, you can almost hear the echoes of the past, as if the ancient athletes were still racing down ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Olympia is an ancient Greek sanctuary in the Peloponnese region in southern Greece where ...

At the Museum of the Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece, lush pine trees and olive groves are filled with chirping birds. The one guard at the site looks nervously at the few visitors.

As a student of ancient Greek history and mythology and a follower of the Olympics since I was a child, the site of the ancient Olympic Games has always held a fascination for me. Olympia is about ...

OLYMPIA, Greece – Up to 70 major artifacts were stolen from Greece's Ancient Olympia Museum in a brazen robbery Friday. Two thieves used hammers to smash their way into the museum about 7.30am ...

Greece approved an emergency plan to plant thousands of trees at the fire-ravaged birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games, hoping to green the site in time for the Beijing 2008 flame-lighting ...

Ancient Olympia, which is home to the site that held the Olympic Games from 776 BC to 393 AD, is under threat from the 250 wildfires in Greece.

Olympia, site of the famous Temple of Zeus and original venue of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, was presumably destroyed by repeated tsunamis that traveled considerable distances inland, and ...

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.

Onlookers and police gather outside the antiquities museum in Ancient Olympia where two masked armed robbers tied up a guard and made off with dozens of artifacts, Olympia, southern Greece. -AP Photo ...