A visitor to The Great Civilizations exhibition on Monday takes photos of a pair of pottery jars which were awarded to a champion in an ancient Athens Games.(Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, July 29 -- Three sports trophies that were awarded to a sports champion in Athens 2,480 years ago were on display in an exhibition called The Great Civilizations in Beijing World Art Museum.

    The trophies were unearthed in Italy in the champion's tomb. The sportsman won four titles including broad jump, discus, boxing and chariot racing in an ancient Games.

    The Beijing Times reported the exhibition was supplemented with history files and visual materials to help visitors understand sports in old times.

    The Great Civilization exhibition put 328 items from 14 acclaimed world-class museums on show. The exhibits outline human being's civilization course from the 3000 BC to the eighteenth Century.

    The exhibition opened on July 28 and will run until January 2009.

    (Source: CRIENGLISH. com)