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 ...

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 ... The idea for the Olympic flame has its roots in ancient Greece, where a sacred fire was kept ...

An Antiques Roadshow guest was clearly taken back when he discovered the real value of an Olympic torch which he ran with during the Olympic Games. The hit BBC series travelled to Pollok Park ...

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 ...

(ATR) Ancient Olympia prepares for its biennial moment in the sun. The Rio 2016 Olympic Torch relay begins Thursday with the traditional lighting of the flame at the site where the Games began ...

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 ...

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 ...

The history of the Olympic torch relay began in 1936. The flame ignited in Greece, the birthplace of the ancient Olympics, was transported to Nazi Germany and frenzied spectators lined the route.

The modern Olympic torch was first used at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. Inspired by ancient Greece, the torch relay ...

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 ...