In 1896, the millennia-old tradition was revived into the modern Olympics. The first Games in the summer of 1896 included competitors from Europe and the United States and were held in Athens in ...

This summer the Olympic games are returning to their birthplace. This is not, however, the first time since antiquity that they have been hosted there. In 1896, at the urging of a French educator ...

The 1896 Athens Olympic Games, the first of the modern era, were a momentous occasion that revived the ancient tradition after nearly 1500 years. Spearheaded by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the ...

But what was it like to attend the Olympics before YouTube and ESPN? In 1896, Basil L. Gildersleeve, a classicist, traveled to Athens to attend the first modern Olympic Games.

April 6, 2015 April 6, 1896: The First Modern Olympics Open in Athens The Games arrived, The Nation reported, “at a time when the frivolous policy of the best of Greek statesmen has landed the ...

The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, was a multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece, from 6 to 15 April 1896.

On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games were held in Athens, Greece. 14 nations sent athletes to the classic home of the Olympics in order to see who was the best in the world and started ...

The silver medal was made for the first modern Olympic Games, which were held in Athens in the summer of 1896.

A 126-year-old bronze medal from the first modern Olympic Games in Athens is expected to fetch nearly $30,000 at auction after spending decades gathering dust in a drawer. The owner of the medal ...

Here is a guide about the history of Olympic medals, the 2024 Paris Olympics medal design and what Olympians do with their hardware.

In 1896, Basil L. Gildersleeve, a classicist, traveled to Athens to attend the first modern Olympic Games. He wrote about the experience in the February 1897 issue of the Atlantic.