She is author of The Ancient Olympic Games, a guide to both the games and the site of ancient Olympia. She acted as consultant for a documentary video on the ancient Olympics made for the ...

Full of blood, passion and extraordinary feats of athletic endeavour, the Olympic Games were the sporting, social and cultural highlight of the Ancient Greek calendar for almost 12 centuries. It is ...

Let’s take a look at the history of the Ancient Olympics. The first-ever Ancient Olympic Games took place in 776 BC. It was held in Olympia, near the city-state of Elis (modern-day western Greece), ...