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The ancient Greek Olympics (776 BC-393 AD)
The Olympic Games began in ancient Greece in July 776 BC at Olympia however, it is thought the games began many years before.
Fact Check: Popular Belief That Women Weren't Allowed to Attend Ancient Olympics Is Only Partly True
The same sources say "maidens" — a category comprising unmarried women, young and old — were allowed to attend, though they could not participate in the Games themselves. Although most historians ...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Officials in Ancient Olympia are protesting the decision to hold the next International Olympic Committee session in a neighboring region of southern Greece, rather than at the ...
ANCIENT OLYMPIA /Greece/, November 26. /TASS/. The Olympic Flame for the 2026 Winter Games in Italy was lit on Wednesday during the Lighting Ceremony at the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Olympia in ...
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