Speeches ensue. On Tuesday, the flame for this summer’s Paris Olympics was lit at the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games in southern Greece in a meticulously choreographed ceremony.

While Antoine Arnault of LVMH may insist that "financial benefits have never been a goal of this partnership," NBC’s ...

The Olympic flame is one of the most powerful symbols of the Olympic Games. The idea for the Olympic flame was derived from Ancient Greece, where a sacred fire was kept burning throughout the ...

In fact, references to a dish resembling souvlaki can be found in the works of Homer and other ancient Greek texts, where it was known as ‘obeliskos’. Meat was cooked over an open flame on ...

[Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] The varied versions of aesthetics that defined the material and spiritual lives of ancient Greek people from the Neolithic age to the end of Antiquity will be ...

Today the perilous state of the environment is often in the news. Many stories describe how Earth is being damaged by human beings and discuss ways to prevent this. These concerns are not new.

This statue of an Egyptian pharaoh is said to have inspired the English poet Shelley to write his famous poem "Ozymandias." ...

These concerns are not new. Millennia ago, people in ancient Greece and Rome already knew humans were damaging the natural world. Literature from these ancient times contains many references to ...

The inscription was carved into a half-ton stone which may have been the base of a statue carved in honor of the ancient ...

A very different kind of Olympics is underway in Rio de Janeiro to honour the original games in Ancient Greece - where all the competitors are naked. The sporty naturists wear just a suntan as ...