ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece--Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled ... uses the sun to ignite a silver torch — after offering up a symbolic ...

The sanctuaries and temples of ancient Olympia are some of the oldest and most important in all of Ancient Greece.

The whereabouts of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic torch meant to be on display at an Athenian Olympics museum remains a mystery. And our resident Greek reporter is on the case. Subtle enough to the ...

The Nassau County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the community’s support as it participates in the 2025 Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run. It’s starting Friday, March 14 at 10:30 a ...

The sweat of ancient Greek and Roman athletes was a prized commodity believed to confer special health benefits.

Marvel Rivals season 1 is set to add two new playable characters in the form of The Thing and Human Torch. The two new characters will round out The Fantastic Four team in the game, following the ...

He was inspired by the “Ancient Olympics” held in Olympia on the Peloponnese Peninsula in western Greece, which lasted nearly 1,200 years. It is intriguing to know that the Ancient Olympics ...

Boxing in the ancient Olympics was a fierce and unforgiving sport, first introduced in 688 BCE. Unlike modern boxing, ancient Greek boxing had minimal rules and no weight classes, leading to often ...

John A. Martino and Michael P. O'Kane's historical novel 'Olympia and the Birth of the Olympic Games' takes readers to the dawn of an "ancient Hellenic civilisation" following the Greek Dark Ages.

Why did the Nazis introduce the Olympic torch relay at the 1936 games? More than 3,000 runners carried torches from Olympia, Greece, to Berlin, Germany, to kick off the 1936 Olympics. Austrian Jew ...

The film focuses on a series of hunger strikes organized by those incarcerated at California’s Pelican Bay State Prison, in protest of conditions in highest-security prisons. By Alissa Wilkinson ...