in the early 1870s, mineika moved to greece and began excavating the legendary temple. evsa in dadon.the search location and made a sensational archaeological discovery. having gained worldwide fame, mineika continued his career as chief engineer of two greek provinces and headed the public works department in athens. in 1896, when greece was preparing for the first revived olympic games, it was zygmund mineika who led the construction of the sports one. objects and restoration of panathinaikos, ancient greek marble stadium. and with the start of the games, he showed his talent as a reporter. his colorful notes about the competition were published in several european newspapers. over time, mineyka began to be called the founder of the genre of sports journalism in the world. in 1910, for his great contribution to the development of the country, he was awarded the title of honorary citizen of greece. a little later, he received the highest military award in greece, gold. cross of the order of the savior. zygmund mineyka. the man who changed the world. our live morning broadcast continu