Forgotten for Half a Century: The Shocking Return of a Stolen Ancient Greek Relic from Olympia

Forgotten for Half a Century: The Shocking Return of a Stolen Ancient Greek Relic from Olympia

For tourists — or even soldiers or anthropologists — taking objects from ancient ruins may be tempting. But such artifacts make up small pieces of cultural and historical puzzles, and removing them from their homes means taking a piece out of the site’s larger story.


After reading about how a German woman just returned a stolen Greek relic more than 50 years after she first took it, enjoy these facts about life in ancient Greece. Or, go inside the thrilling stories of some of the most powerful gods in the Greek pantheon.

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