Burial Site Found Near Ancient Olympia
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ATHENS, Greece - Archeologists have discovered ancient graves near Ancient Olympia, the hallowed site where the Olympic games were born in 776 BC, the Culture Ministry said Thursday.
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Investigations of prehistoric burial sites in Europe show that the region's population may have practiced ritual human sacrifice, according to a new study.
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Firefighters backed by aircraft dropped water and foam on the birthplace of the ancient Olympics yesterday to stop wildfires from burning the 2,800-year-old ruins, one of the most revered sites of antiquity.
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A 2,400-year-old golden mask that once belonged to a Thracian king was unearthed in a timber-lined tomb in southeastern Bulgaria, archaeologists said Monday.
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Call it the Maximus factor. Archaeologists working at the site of an old Roman temple near Guy&#39;s hospital in London have uncovered a pot of cosmetic cream dating back to AD2.
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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece  - Firefighters saved the temples and stadiums of ancient Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic Games, from forest fires which razed nearby villages and took the death toll from Greece's three-day inferno to 60.
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HISTORY: Olympia, in the western Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece, was first inhabited 6,000 years ago and flourished in Mycenaean times. During antiquity, it was covered by olive, pine, plane, and oak trees, among which a shimmering array of temples and public buildings stood. It was the holiest sanctuary in ancient Greece, and hosted the ancient Olympic Games for more ...
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THENS, Aug. 17  American shot-putter John Godina walked into the ancient Olympic stadium at Olympia when he arrived there earlier this week and the history he had studied in college came to life before his eyes.
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Nov. 3, 2004 - Beauty creams used by the ladies of ancient Rome were not far different from those applied to today&#39;s fair skins, to judge by a discovery in the remains of a Roman temple in London dating from the 2nd century AD.
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The first Roman tombstone found in Scotland for 170 years is unearthed at Carberry, near Inveresk.
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ATHENS, Greece - The first woman to win a gold medal at Ancient Olympia - a Russian shot putter - is under investigation for a positive drug test, international and Russian Olympic officials said Sunday.
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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece  - Firefighters rescued the marble temples and stadiums of ancient Olympia from raging flames on Sunday but forest fires ravaged nearby villages and the death toll from Greece's three-day inferno rose to 58.
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A white marble sarcophagus believed to be the final resting place of St. Paul has been unearthed from beneath the altar of Rome's second-largest basilica after centuries hidden from view, but those curious about its contents will have to wait still longer.
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American Kristin Heaston launched the shot 16.41 metres to become the first woman to compete at Olympia in the first athletics meeting in the tree-lined grove since the ancient Games were abolished in AD 393.
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Revered as the holiest sanctuary in ancient Greece, Olympia in the western Peloponnese hosted the ancient Olympic Games for more than 1,000 years after they started in 776 B.C.
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â¢ YEARENDER-Olympics provide stream of unforgettable vignettes December 6, 2004 00:59:55 LONDON, Dec 7  - Among the pine-scented groves of Ancient Olympia, along the marathon route traced by Phidippides and on the cycle course beneath the
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WE sat there on the dusty knoll of Ancient Olympia Stadium and watched the first women to compete in that hallowed place. Maybe because of the Greeks&#39; love of their history, we suspended the