Because the rings were originally designed as a logo for the IOC's 20th anniversary ... Greece and now formed "a link between ancient and modern Olympics," Young writes in Archaeology magazine.

The first part of the logo is a gold medal ... a sacred fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics. The flame is kept alight and carried by torch relay across ...

In this Aug. 4 X post, for example, a user stated that during the original Olympics held in ancient Greece, women were not allowed to compete in or even attend any events: Snopes' research found ...

Other cities in Greece held games but the ancient Olympics were the most famous and prestigious. Nestled in a verdant valley nourished by the Alpheios and Kladeos rivers and encircled by rolling ...

The first country to give us this new Olympic sight was, as always, Greece. Ancient Greece originated the Olympic Games. The Paris Olympics website outlines a bit of the history: The history of ...

Where did the Olympics build its roots? What are the origins of event? Here's a look at the history of the Games, from ancient Greece to the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. What is the origin of the ...

The truth is that while the ancient Olympics originated in Greece, its modern incarnation is very much a French affair. The Games were revived in the 1890s by a French nobleman, Baron Pierre de ...