The 2024 Summer Olympics will kick off soon in Paris, where an anticipated 15 million spectators and 10,000 athletes from the world over will gather. How are these modern games like the first Olympiad in 776 BCE? What was the purpose of the Olympics in the ancient Greek world? Who attended, and where did they come from? Did women participate? And which competition forbade only eye-gouging and biting? Kelsey Museum artifacts provide some answers to our burning-torch questions.

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