Paris will host the Summer Olympics for a third time after 1900 and 1924 ... Suspending armed conflicts under an Olympic truce during the Games was a standard practice in ancient Greece. TORCH RELAY ...

Long destroyed, the Colossus of Rhodes was a World Wonder that survives in paintings, documentaries, and even a few video ...

The Olympics were held in the rural sanctuary of Olympia, though they took their name from Mount Olympus. By the second ...

For African nations, the success of their Olympians offers an opportunity not just to inspire a continent but to drive ...

Greece has set more ambitious targets for expanding solar and wind power to cut greenhouse emissions by 2030 under a revised ...

Ancient Greeks not only created the foundations of modern civilization, but they also predicted robots and other modern ...

It was an emotional night for Greece at Wembley Stadium on Thursday as the country’s football team paid tribute to teammate ...

She chose white to honour the ancient Greek (where the Olympics began) belief that the colour represents a symbol of future hope. They are made in a special type of fabric called Eco-Hybrid-Taffetta ...

Yoga has been a popular form of exercise in the Western world for more than a century, but its origins in Eastern religious practices have made it a subject of debate among Christians.

An ancient Greek defensive wall from at least 2,000 years ago was uncovered near the Adriatic coast of Croatia it was ...

Sep. 25, 2024 — Scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found alongside the Tarim Basin mummies in China, dating back approximately 3,600 years.

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Survivors sit on a vessel after a boat carrying migrants ran into trouble off the coast of the eastern ...