Tuesday, August 21, 2012


The month kicked off the 32 Olympic Games of the modern era in London. Invented by the Greeks in 776 BC, the ancient games were held every four years at Olympia in honor of Zeus. Now, the British Museum pays tribute to those ancient precursors with an exhibition entitled "Winning in the ancient Olympic Games." The exhibition takes a journey through these ancient games through some emblematic pieces of Greek art as Discus Thrower of Myron and Polykleitos Diadumeno. Until September 9

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