Dr Judith Swaddling is an Assistant Keeper in the Greek and Roman ... and the site of ancient Olympia. She acted as consultant for a documentary video on the ancient Olympics made for the ...

The concept of naked athletes competing in the Olympic Games may seem unusual or even shocking to modern audiences, but it ...

Nakedness also stripped away social rank, a nod to classlessness in the status-obsessed ancient world (although contestants still had to be freeborn males of Greek descent). Asacred herald ...

Find out what events were at the ancient Olympics. What was it like to live in an ancient Greek family? What was everyday life like in ancient Greece? Find out about family life, entertainment ...

the development of the Greek Olympics, and Roman spectacles including the circus, amphitheaters, and gladiators. Studies Greek warfare in its cultural, social, and economic contexts, in the light of ...