Beyond running and jumping, the ancient Olympics featured some of the most violent sports of the ancient world. From chariot racing and wrestling to boxing and pankration, this video examines how ...

In the 600s BC, the major empires in the Middle East favored larger armies centered around archery, chariots and quick moving light infantry that worked well on large open battlefields. The Greeks ...

The American Pankration team is doing its own Throwback Thursday to an ancient Greek form of martial arts. Pankration, which means “all powers fighting,” is a form of fighting originally used in the ...

If the International Olympic Committee reverses its decision and keeps wrestling as part of the Games, the ancient Greeks will be partly the reason. A sport with such long pedigree, critics have ...

As they watch the Olympic Games in Japan, a group of University of Toronto students is learning about the origins and historical significance of such athletic competitions, which began almost 3,000 ...

Four ASU students practice a once-deadly move in the Student Recreation Center. Photo by Taylor Costello The evening starts rather quietly. Situated in a modestly sized gym on the second floor of the ...

Millennia before modern-day military recruiters talked up potential soldiers in shopping malls or put up posters, one Roman city took a rather different approach to recruiting soldiers for the emperor ...

The Summer Olympics. The pinnacle of world sport. Originating in Ancient Greece, the modern version of the Olympics features a far more diverse range of sports than before with many more being added ...

Aalijah Pineda is like most 10-year-old girls. She likes to draw and color. One of her favorite hobbies is playing board games; she likes Monopoly the most. She watches the Disney Channel with her ...