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 ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece--Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled ... uses the sun to ignite a silver torch — after offering up a symbolic ...

On Tuesday, the flame for this summer’s Paris Olympics will be lit at ... An actress playing an ancient Greek priestess holds a silver torch containing highly combustible materials over a ...

Fuel pack in the torch developed by Waeco Ltd of Salisbury, now part of Pains Wessex famous for their fireworks.The torch, which bears the official markings of the 1948 games, was used in the ...

Twenty-four athletes would wind up with a temporary hold on the torch, with the final job going to Riner and Perec ... "conclude" the allegory of the French motto of equality and fraternity. The idea ...

Fuel pack in the torch developed by Waeco Ltd of Salisbury, now part of Pains Wessex famous for their fireworks.The torch, which bears the official markings of the 1948 games, was used in the ...

(ATR) Ancient Olympia prepares for its biennial moment in the sun. The Rio 2016 Olympic Torch relay begins Thursday ... Lampposts were festooned with the Greek and Brazilian flags, plus occasional ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The flame that will burn at the Olympics is spending ... when the champagne-colored torch travels to Delphi, an important ancient Greek religious center, before reaching ...

The presentation of the 12,000-kilometre route took place exactly a year before the flame will be lit in Ancient Olympia, Greece. "The Olympic torch relay is the moment when the Games enter ...

An Antiques Roadshow guest was clearly taken back when he discovered the real value of an Olympic torch which he ran with ... travelled from Olympia in Greece where the procession started and ...