The word "gymnasium" in ancient Greece, which also refers to the modern gym, was commonly used because exercise and maintaining a fit body were especially important for Greeks. The word—which ...

The group banded together through shared religious beliefs; however Greek life today is formed around social strata and community. St. John’s University has 16 fraternal organizations that have been ...

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 ancient Greeks were fascinated by the night sky. Credit: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 The night sky has always been a source of wonder not only for the ancient Greeks but for ...

The 1956 Melbourne Olympic torch is mysteriously the only one missing from an historic display at the birthplace of the Modern Olympics in Greece. The “rare” 1956 torch designed by Ralph ...

Inside a display room at the Panathenaic Stadium — the marble arena which hosted the inaugural modern Olympics in 1896 — hangs a torch from every Summer Olympics since 1936, the year they were ...

To mark one year until the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, the International Olympic ...

HARBIN, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- China's Olympic champions, including Sheng Lihao, Wu Dajing, and Sui Wenjing, participated in the torch relay for the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin on Monday. They ...

HARBIN, Feb 4, (Xinhua): China's Olympic champions, including Sheng Lihao, Wu Dajing, and Sui Wenjing, participated in the torch relay for the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin. They praised the ...