The lifestyle of elite professional sportsmen in ancient Greece and Rome was comparable to that of a celebrity today.

Excavations across the ancient city of Perga revealed five new statue finds from as far back as the second century A.D. The ...

As much as Nostradamus lived a quiet life, he’s seen now as a mystic who predicted, among other earthshaking events, Napoleon ...

Tug of war has been played for thousands of years. Today it's being celebrated globally. Here is more on its origins.

If you're into sports—or any type of physical game, for that matter—then you're in for a treat. Indeed, there are several ...

The museum, which will exhibit ancient archaeological artifacts discovered in the sea, is the largest cultural project ...

The Greek Festival of Sydney for 2025 officially kicks off this weekend with its standard two-day celebration at Darling ...

Nicopolis is included among the key sites of the Cultural Route "In the Footsteps of the Apostle Paul"--archaeological sites ...

Spirit of fair play The Olympic Charter, established by de Coubertin, states that 'The practice of sport is a human right'.

First introduced in the Olympic Games in 648 BCE, pankration had minimal rules, allowing fighters to employ a wide array of ...

Between parked cars in a suburban street in Athens, workers fix a pump to an ancient stone well that in turn accesses an ...

Unlike modern boxing, ancient Greek boxing had minimal rules and no weight classes, leading to often mismatched and extremely brutal encounters.