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Ancient Olympic Chariot Racetrack the 'Hippodrome' Located?

news.nationalgeographic.com — German researchers claim to have identified the hippodrome at Olympia, in Western Greece, some 1,600 years after the historic sports venue disappeared under river mud.

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  • humanerror, on 07/27/2008, -1/+11fun fact: "hippo" means horse.

    also I can't believe I'm digging something submitted by "sukmydigg"
  • elizabeth84, on 07/27/2008, -1/+6great share...

    i just cant imagine the time and devotion researchers need to come out with some thing like this
  • drewpost, on 07/27/2008, -0/+4horse
  • facepalmjpg, on 07/27/2008, -0/+3would beat sitting in a cubicle for 8 hours a day.
  • Black6x, on 07/27/2008, -0/+3Well, it's "the Hippodrome at olympia". This isn't a problem unless there as more than one in Olympia.
  • edd17, on 07/27/2008, -1/+4Hippopotamus means "water horse", and Mesopotamia means land between two rivers.
  • Troyjinman, on 07/27/2008, -2/+4Sweetness! Viva la Greece! :)
  • KingGorilla, on 07/27/2008, -0/+2so what's hippo in greek?
  • purelithium, on 07/27/2008, -0/+2What a ***** photo, why couldn't they give us a high-res photo, instead of that 400px POS they link to in the story?
  • Abestar, on 07/27/2008, -0/+1Shouldn't this be they found 'a' hippodrome not 'the' hippodrome?
  • eradicator, on 07/27/2008, -1/+2Ben-Hur was unavailable for comment.
  • hakluytbean, on 07/27/2008, -0/+1I'm something of a hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianist.
  • DuffyDirect, on 07/27/2008, -1/+1Wasn't the one in Constantinopolis called "The" hippodrome also? How come the Romans named their horse tracks but the Greeks didn't? You'd think the culture that brought us Plato would know better than to claim something to be 'THE' hippodrome!

    p.s.

    "Meanwhile the chariot drivers, who wore long white tunics, are thought to have been the only competitors at Olympia who didn't perform in the nude."

    LOL! What a way to end the article.
  • hakluytbean, on 07/27/2008, -1/+1The Olympics as we know can be traced back to Biblical Times.
  • bstockwell, on 07/27/2008, -1/+1Yeah, but the diggers won't notice the difference
  • GiggleStick, on 07/27/2008, -1/+1Two men enter, one man leaves.
    Good luck raggedy man!

    Wait, hippo?
  • sisko2k5, on 07/27/2008, -1/+1it would be cooler if it did actually involved hippopotamus. Maybe a really fast one with the number 8 painted on its side.
  • Arcadian, on 07/27/2008, -1/+1I'd rather they find the technodrome.
  • wunksta, on 07/27/2008, -2/+0YOU THINK I DONT KNOW THE LAW?? I -WROTE- THE LAW!!

    -Caesar

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