At the ancient Olympics in Greece, athletes weren’t the only stars of the show. The spectacle also attracted poets, who recited their works for eager audiences. Competitors commissioned bigger names ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the ancient remains of an Egyptian army barracks and the artifacts left there, including a ...

Cheesecake is one of the most recognizable desserts originating from ancient Greece. Cheesecake was served to athletes at the ...

Ancient Greeks seem to have invented everything we use today: theater, Olympic games, philosophy, and yo-yos. We at Bright ...

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Laurie Hernandez doesn’t feel the Olympics stuck this particular landing. In the wake of the bronze medal controversy—which ultimately saw Team USA’s Jordan Chiles hand her medal over to ...

The controversy surrounding the bronze medal for the floor exercise final at the Paris Olympics has taken yet another bizarre twist. Sabrina Maneca-Voinea and the Romanian Gymnastics Federation ...

The contemporary Olympics began in 1896. The opening games were held in the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece. This denoted the rebirth of the ancient Olympics Games, which was originally ...

The study of celestial objects ran throughout ancient Egyptian culture. Religious events were fixed by the movements of the sun and moon, star charts were carved into the lids of tombs ...

Carlos Alcaraz has admitted that his defeat to Novak Djokovic in the gold medal match at the Paris Olympic Games was a “difficult moment” for him to deal with, but he is already plotting ...

An ancient Greek statue of Heracles. [Photo provided to China Daily] One prominent example concerns the origin of the Olympic Games. Greek mythology has it that the Games, taking place annually in ...

By Franz Lidz It was good to be the king in ancient Babylonia, unless, of course, an eclipse occurred during his reign. Such an event foretold revolt, rebellion, defeat in war, loss of territory ...