Listen to the Lecture Series
Each mini-lecture examines a different mystery surrounding the Ancient Olympics. Browse the artifact gallery to get a first-hand look at the evidence behind the legends. There are many more mysteries to explore, so stay tuned for new lectures.
The Lost Sport of Olympia
Is it possible that the greatest sport of all time has been forgotten for almost 2000 years?
Length: 6:56
The Ancient Game Keepers
In August of 1953, a series of tremors shook the Greek island of Kefalonia, revealing an ancient stone chamber for less than a single day.
Length: 7:28
The Omphalos Code
Imagine you're wandering the countryside of Ancient Greece. Would you be able to find your way home?
Length: 5:59
The Labyrinth
I believe the story of the Cretan labyrinth has been misunderstood for centuries.
Length: 6:04
The Lost Theory of Pangaea
What if another civilization had predicted tectonic theory, more than two thousand years before us, without even knowing that the world was round?
Length: 7:26
The Lost Rings
The 1920 tax records for the city of Antwerp might not seem like the most exciting place to begin a story about a priceless work of art, but history is a science of details.
Length: 7:14
Stay tuned for new lectures.
The Biography
Some people call me an amateur historian. Others call me an adventurer. I see myself as an investigator. What do I investigate? Ancient Olympic mysteries – the stories that most experts dismiss as urban legends, without even bothering to look for evidence. In the past few years, I've spent a small fortune traveling the world, following up on the leads that other historians and archaeologists want to ignore. My first book chronicling these investigations, The Lost Games: Forgotten Mysteries and Urban Legends from the Ancient Olympics, will be published in late 2008. In the meanwhile, I'm pleased to share some of the stories with you on this site, through my new podcast series "Secrets of the Ancient Olympics."
When I was 10 years old, my parents took me on an "educational holiday" – to the ruins at Ancient Olympia...
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