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The Ancient Olympics
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This site uses information from the Perseus Project, a digital library on ancient Greece to exhibit information about the ancient Olympics. It includes comparisons between ancient and modern sports, ancient artwork with themes relevant to the games, ...
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http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/index.html |
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Archaeology's Ancient Olympics Guide
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The Archaeological Institute of America's coverage of the ancient games at Olympia and Nemea. Features essays on subjects such as why the Greeks competed, what signals were used to start footraces, and modern myths about Olympic traditions.
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http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/olympics/ |
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Olympics Through Time
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A history of early athletic competitions and the Olympic Games from prehistory (ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete, and Greece) through its revival in the 19th century. Includes descriptions and rules of the early athletic contests, a history of attem ...
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http://www.fhw.gr/olympics/ancient/ |
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The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games
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"Politics, nationalism, commercialism and athletics were intimately related in the ancient Olympic Games" in Athens. This site discusses traditions ancient and modern, such as nudity, the torch, awards, the concept of amateurism, women's pa ...
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http://www.penn.museum/sites/olympics/olympicintro.shtml |
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Olympics - Infoplease.com
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Who have been the top medal winners in the summer Olympics? What happened at the 1896 Olympics? This site provides information on the summer and winter Olympics throughout the years as well as memorable Olympic moments and a timeline.
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http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0114094.html |
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Research Starters: the Olympics
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If you need to write a paper about the Olympics, this site has all kinds of articles and links to get you started. Even if you're just intersted in Olympic sports, it has descriptions of sports, training, and the history of the games.
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http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/olympics/ |
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Questia: Olympics
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Over 5,000 extracts and abstracts from books and journal, newspaper, and encyclopedia articles. Searchable. Full text requires a paid subscription.
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http://www.questia.com/SM.qst?act=search&keywordsSearchType=1000&keywords=olympics |
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The Olympics and the Movies
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This 2000 article discusses three memorable documentaries about the Olympics: Kon Ichikawa's 1964 "Tokyo Olympiad"; Leni Riefenstahl's "Olympia," about the 1936 Berlin Olympics; and "Visions of Eight," about the 1972 Mun ...
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http://archive.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/09/14/olympic_movies/ |
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Special Olympics
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"Special Olympics is an international organization dedicated to empowering individuals with intellectual disabilities to become physically fit, productive and respected members of society through sports training and competition." The site c ...
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http://www.specialolympics.org/ |
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The Indoor Olympics
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"Recreate the World Indoor Athletics Championships at home or work in a series of stupid (but fun) games." Try your hand at shot put with a computer mouseball, discus with a compact disc (CD), internal phone system relays, and other activit ...
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/spl/hi/athletics/03/world_indoor/html/initial.stm |
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