Name: 10 Amazing Ancient Olympic Facts
Duration: 569
Description: From naked athletes to foot-only races, these are 10 surprising facts you didn’t know about the ancient Olympics, in this History Countdown episode.

From naked athletes to foot-only races, these are 10 surprising facts you didn’t know about the ancient Olympics. 

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From naked athletes to foot-only races, these are 10 surprising facts you didn’t know about the ancient Olympics.

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From naked athletes to foot-only races, these are 10 surprising facts you didn’t know about the ancient Olympics, in this History Countdown episode.

<p>Ancient Greece, the birthplace of democracy, was the source of some of the greatest literature, architecture, science and philosophy in Western civilization, and home to beautiful historical sites like the Acropolis and the Parthenon.</p>


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