The next time you watch the extravaganza that is the modern Olympic Games, consider this: It all started with a simple footrace. To history lovers like me, the Sanctuary of Olympia — the religious ...

An ancient bronze griffin's head returns today to the same museum in ancient Olympia from where it was stolen in the 1930s.

Still, with so much attention on the horizon, Ancient Olympia was quiet Tuesday with few tourists on the shopping streets. Those browsing for mementos could buy dresses similar to those worn by ...

An ancient bronze griffin head, stolen nearly a century ago, has been returned to the Archaeological Museum of Olympia.

The torch was lit in a traditional ceremony honoring the Olympic games' roots in Ancient Olympia Julia Moore is a TV writer-reporter at PEOPLE. A graduate of Northwestern University, she has been ...