A rare gold medal from the 1904 St. Louis Olympics sells for $545,371 at auction
A rare gold medal from the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis has been sold at auction for $545,371 as part of a larger collection of ...
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Ancient Greek Olympics Gallery
Dr Judith Swaddling is an Assistant Keeper in the Greek and Roman Department at ... She acted as consultant for a documentary video on the ancient Olympics made for the International Olympic ...
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Ancient Olympics: Let the Games Begin (2004)
Come back with us to Ancient Greece, 2,500 Years ago to the original Olympic Games. The ancient Games, like our modern Olympics, included champions and cheaters, glory and scandals, bitter ...
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Rare 1904 Olympic gold medal up for auction
This marked the first Olympics where gold medals were introduced, with the U.S. dominating by winning 78 of 96 events.
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Did Ireland’s ancient August Lughnasa games influence the Olympics?
The Olympic Games are heralded as one of the oldest sporting events in history, dating back to ancient Greece. But were the Greek Olympics actually influenced by the existence of a very similar ...
Nazi camp survivor and Olympic torch bearer Lebranchu dies aged 102
Roger Lebranchu who survived almost two years in Nazi concentration camps and was the oldest person to carry the Olympic ...