ATHENS, Greece -- From the highest step atop this marble jewel called Panathinaiko Stadium, looking north across a thin field of Olympia in the heart of Athens, it is easy to lose track of time. To ...

Athletes compete beneath the stony gaze of a pair of statues of Zeus. The stadium rests on a site where ancient Greeks used to run and throw and jump thousands of years ago. Spectators sit on slabs of ...

ATHENS – It is right to end things here, on the last day of the Athens Olympics, because this is where it all began 108 years ago. Panathinaiko Stadium was the original Olympic Stadium when the modern ...

The Panathinaiko stadium was formerly known as the “Kalimarmaro” (exquisite marble) or the “Panathenian” stadium which has a historical significance attached to it. The marble clad stadium or the ...

Athens – The year was 1896. The Panathinaiko Stadium, in central Athens, reconstructed from the ruins of an ancient venue, is hosting the first ever modern Olympics, a continuation of the ancient ...

Members of the athletics team of the US Princeton University pose at the first modern International Summer Olympic Games held at the Panathinaiko Stadium in April 1896 in Athens. From left to right: ...

The 1896 Summer Olympics, marked by Google Doodle today, broke records with the largest crowd ever to watch a sporting event at the time. Nearly 80,000 fans packed into the Panathinaiko Stadium to ...

As the world anxiously awaits the July 27 opening of the 2012 London Games, here is a look at the past Olympic ceremonies that amazed the crowds. April 6, 1896: A view of the audience at the opening ...

Stepping into the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, Greece, Mark Medora was never farther from home. He was surrounded by athletes from around the world, ready to compete in the 2011 Special Olympic ...