Competition, controversy, rivalry, heroics: the ancient Olympics had them all, not to mention their fair share of political intrigue and the occasional flagrant act of cheating.

CNN: The Ancient Olympics

Athletes are a superstitious bunch, but consulting a fortune teller might seem a little bit too "ancient Olympics" for many of today's athletes, who put more faith in hi-tech equipment and specialized training regimes.

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Put together with artefacts from the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, it is a four-part historical tour of the ancient Olympics and their modern rebirth in the late 1800s, including a hall of past torches and a gallery of 16 extraordinary modern athletes profiled along with examples of medals from each modern Games.

BBC: The story of the Olympics, with a bit of flair

In voting to kill a tradition that was at the center of the ancient Greek Olympics from the eighth century B.

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Greece, birthplace of the Olympics and home of ancient relics and honeymoon hideaway isles, is noteworthy for another reason.

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Mr Fellows is a keen supporter of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club's campaign to reintroduce the sport to the Olympics (which could yet happen, though no sooner than 2016).

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The ceremony for the lighting of the Olympic flame for the 2012 London Olympics is scheduled to take place on May 10 at the Ancient Olympia site, where the museum is located.

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They might be bigger, glitzier and certainly a lot more commercialized, but in spirit at least the modern day Olympics -- inaugurated in 1896 -- have remained remarkably true to the ancient Greek Games on which they were modeled.

CNN: The Ancient Olympics