The next time you watch the extravaganza that is the modern Olympic Games, consider this: It all started with a simple ...

The USS Olympia is a protected cruiser that played an important part in the Spanish-American War in 1898 when she served as a flagship. Today she is a museum in Philadelphia. While in Philadelphia ...

Olympia also transported the unidentified remains of a US serviceman to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in 1921. Now a museum exhibit at the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia ...

The head of a griffin from 7th century B.C. is believed to have been taken from a museum in Olympia in the 1930s and later sold on the art market. By Graham Bowley The Metropolitan Museum of Art ...

Though plans to turn it into a museum have stalled, Olympia’s old City Hall and Firehouse is aglow with an art installation celebrating the city’s vibrant history. Olympia Arts + Heritage ...

The cast-bronze sculpture, which has been on display at the entrance to the Met’s Greek and Roman galleries since 1999, was previously in the collection of the Archaeological Museum of Olympia.

At a ceremony this week, Greece’s culture minister officially accepted the artifact, which was likely stolen from a museum in Olympia in the 1930s Ella Jeffries Staff Contributor Items like this ...

The Greek culture ministry in a statement said the bronze griffin's head, dated to 650-625 BC and was an "exquisite sample of ancient Greek metalwork." ...

Olympiacos has officially announced its extensive plans to celebrate its centennial anniversary, set for March 10, during a ...