The Olympiad will feature some of the world’s most advanced humanoid robots taking part in physical challenges inspired by ...

The role of priestess at the Oracle of Delphi was vastly influential. The Priestess Pythia was consulted on everything from ...

645 BC) ordered the building of swimming pools by conducting the water of three rivers and awarded heavy prizes ... modern Olympic ideals, which were deeply rooted in the ancient Greek society ...

A quick glance at any artwork from Ancient Greece gives ... it’s worth noting that the Olympic Games were held in the months of Apollonius and Parthebius, corresponding to July and August, when ...

Ancient Greek Olympic athletes hailed from varied socio-economic backgrounds ... There were “no medals or second prizes, no team or women’s events, no winter or water sports, and no ideology of ...

The prizes awarded at the Olympics have varied over their long history. Ancient Greek competitors were given an olive branch from a wild olive tree that grew at Olympia (and some money upon ...

15. There Was a Male Beauty Contest With Weapons as Prizes Many might be surprised to know that the Ancient Greek Olympic games involved a male beauty contest, called Euandria. In ancient Greece ...

Other cities in Greece held games but the ancient Olympics were the most famous and ... It was up to the judges to award the prize to the winner based on a series of well-executed movements ...

One version of the Olympics’ creation myth involves three warring leaders in ancient Greece ... All over Greece, long after the prizes were awarded and hands were shaken, young people competed ...

His idea, inspired by the ancient Greek Olympic flame ceremony ... s the most important project of his career so far. But the prize-winning French designer didn’t want to indulge in nostalgia ...

Nearly 2,800 years ago, ancient Greek Olympic champions were crowned ... Morning Edition spoke with historians to trace the history of Olympic prizes. The first Olympics - the Panhellenic Games ...