The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: Art Institute[edit] The Art Institute opened in 2001 to promote conservation of the Sonoran Desert through art education including classes, art exhibits, and stewardship of the Museum art.
The Greek Olympics, thought to have begun in 776 BC, inspired the modern Olympic Games (begun in 1896) The Games were held in honour of Zeus, king of the gods, and were staged every four years at Olympia, a valley near a city called Elis. People from all over the Greek world came to watch and take part.
The original Olympic games were competitions held between athletes  from the city-states of ancient Greece. The first competition was  held in Olympia, Greece in 776 BC.  â¦  The Olympic Games get their name from Mt. Olympus in Greece, the  country that began the games, probably in 776 BC. Mt. Olympus was  the home of the ancient Greek gods, in whose honor the games were  performed every four years.