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While the modern Olympics traces its root back to Hellenic Greece, the history of the modern games as we know them really began at the very end of the 19th century, in 1896.

Whether you're looking for the ancient or modern Olympics, browse the Web to find a world of interesting background information on Olympics history & trivia on the Web...

The Ancient Olympics - The Purseus Digital Library Project at Tufts University is more than an academic research collection. See what they've done with their material on Ancient Greece for the Olympics. Sweet design and high quality graphics combined with excellent information. Step into the virtual time machine and visit the ancient olympics...

Ancient Olympics: The Real Story - Online exhibit featuring the politics and commercialism that dogged even the 'purity' of the first Olympic games, plus a special look at women athletes, a glossary, related links, and interesting trivia in a FAQ comparing Olympic myths with the competitive reality of ancient Greek sport.

The Ancient Olympic Games Virtual Museum - The Center for Global Research and Education in E-Commerce at Dartmouth hosts this site and requires a free registration before you can access it. Academics like collecting data for research, and they promise not to share the info.

Olympic History at About.com - The rise of the modern Olympic games with interesting facts and highlights of games held throughout the 20th century.

Journal E: Olympic History - Olympic history as told in photos and an interactive historical timeline.

Greek Olympics - Extensive Web resource directory with information on its history, a program of a traditional Olympic festival, related myths, archived story articles and more on the modern Olympics.

All the Games Since 1896 - When and where the Olympics were held, who won what, with fun facts & trivia plus story articles on the ancient games and the paralymics.

also see -> Summer Olympic Fun Facts | Winter Olympic Fun Facts

also see in History -> History of Ancient Greece