Title: Where Were the Last Olympics Held? - WorldAtlas
Headings: Where Were the Last Olympics Held?
Where Were the Last Olympics Held?
Where Were the Last Olympics Held?
Ancient Olympics
Modern Olympics
Hosting of The Olympics Games

Content: Ancient Olympics
Ancient Olympic games were considered an athletic and religious festival. They were held for four years, and the participants were from the cities and Kingdoms of ancient Greece. Ancient Olympic games featured athletics and combat games such as chariot racing, wrestling, and the pankration, horse. During the Olympics religious activities such as offering sacrifices in honor of the Zeus, the god of sky and thunder who was the king of other gods. The winners of the games were respected, admired and considered immortal. The games became popular during the 5 th and 6 th centuries but gradually became less important as the Romans spread their influence over Greece. Modern Olympics
The Greek revived the Olympic Games in the mid-19th century. In 1959, Zappas restored the Panathenaic Stadium which hosted the Olympics in 1870 and 1875. The International Olympic Committee (IOC0) was founded in 1890 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin with the aim of establishing a rotating sports event that would take place after every four years. In 1896 the first Olympics games under the IOC were held in Panathenaic Stadium, Athens.