The next time you watch the extravaganza that is the modern Olympic Games, consider this: It all started with a simple ...

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Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and take part. Image caption, The ancient Olympic athletes would enter the stadium by walking under this archway.

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The Rio 2016 Olympic Torch relay begins ... ceremony will take place in the Athens Panathenaic Stadium on April 27. Written and reported by Karen Rosenin Ancient Olympia. For general comments ...

Per tradition, the torch was lit on April 15 in Olympia, Greece, honoring the historical birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, which date back to 776 BC. Once lit, 600 torchbearers carried the ...

The sacred flame for the Paris Olympics 2024 was lit on Tuesday in Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the ancient Games, in a ceremony inspired by antiquity and marked by messages of hope amid ...

From the ancient stadium in Olympia ... until the handover to Paris Games organizers in Athens on April 26. International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said the flame lighting combined ...

The 1956 Melbourne Olympic torch is mysteriously the only one missing from an historic display at the birthplace of the Modern Olympics in Greece. The “rare” 1956 torch designed by Ralph ...

“The foundation for the ancient Olympic Games to take place in peace ... After the Flame handover tomorrow in Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, it will be flown to Beijing, where it will go on ...