the first modern olympics took place in paris.
the first modern olympics took place in paris.
where did the first modern olympics take place?
paris
1870 in archaeology









































the year 1870 in archaeology involved some significant events.









































section::::excavations.









































bullet::::- in athens, greece, the site of kallimarmaron stadium is excavated (later rebuilt to host the first modern olympics in 1896).









































bullet::::- in france, of the "grottes prehistoriques de soyons" (caves), the trou du mouton (sheep's hole), trou roland, la madeleine, and trou du renard (fox hole) are excavated by lepic and de lubac.









































section::::finds.









































bullet::::- spring – torslunda plates discovered in öland.









































bullet::::- first discoveries of the polada culture.









































section::::institutions.









































bullet::::- national archaeological museum (florence) inaugurated.









































section::::publications.
1870 in archaeology
when the modern olympics began in 1896, the initiators and organizers were looking for a great popularizing event, recalling the glory of ancient greece. the idea of a marathon race came from michel bréal, who wanted the event to feature in the first modern olympic games in 1896 in athens. this idea was heavily supported by pierre de coubertin, the founder of the modern olympics, as well as by the greeks. the greeks staged a selection race for the olympic marathon on 22 march 1896 (gregorian) that was won by charilaos vasilakos in 3 hours and 18 minutes (with the future winner of the introductory olympic games marathon, spyridon "spyros" louis, coming in fifth at a second race two weeks later). the winner of the first olympic marathon, on 10 april 1896 (a male-only race), was spyridon louis, a greek water-carrier, in 2 hours 58 minutes and 50 seconds. the marathon of the 2004 summer olympics was run on the traditional route from marathon to athens, ending at panathinaiko stadium, the venue for the 1896 summer olympics. that men's marathon was won by italian stefano baldini in 2 hours 10 minutes and 55 seconds, a record time for this route until the non-olympics athens classic marathon of 2014, when felix kandie lowered the course record to 2 hours 10 minutes and 37 seconds.
marathon