In ancient Greece, women caught attending the original Olympic Games could face the death penalty. In the Victorian era, it was believed women who exercised would injure their reproductive organs ...

The sanctuaries and temples of ancient Olympia are some of the oldest and most important in all of Ancient Greece.

However, despite laws and social norms that severely limited women’s autonomy, “Kyladitisses” shows that they still found ways to be influential in ancient Greek society. The idea that women ...

A very different kind of Olympics is underway in Rio de Janeiro to honour the original games in Ancient Greece - where all ... and boobs bounce as the women run the 100 metre race.

The Olympic Games began ... in south west Greece. Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and take part. Image caption, The ancient Olympic athletes ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece ... Her victories have inspired women all over Greece to start taking part in the horse events.

while the artistic show paid tribute to influential women in French history. When the ancient Greek Olympics concept was revived by French aristocrat Pierre de Coubertin in the late 19th century ...