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• Society: History: By Time Period: Ancient  (1,101)

The Ancient Olympics Includes a comparison of ancient and modern Olympics, essays about the history of the Olympics, and stories of ancient Olympic athletes. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/

The Games at Olympia - The British Museum Interactive site of the ancient Olympics, making use of a model of Olympia and related objects from the museum’s collection. http://www.ancient-greece.co.uk/festivals/story/olympics.html

HickokSports.com: History: The Ancient Olympics This document is a history of the ancient Olympics. It is a page in the History section of HickokSports.com, an online collection of sports information. http://www.hickoksports.com/history/olancien.shtml

The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games Were the ancient games better than ours? More fair and square? More about sports and less about money? Are modern games more sexist? More political? Have we strayed from the ancient Olympic ideal? http://www.penn.museum/online-exhibits/516-the-real-story-of-the-ancient-olympic-games.html