By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — In a meticulously choreographed ceremony on Tuesday, the flame for this summer’s Paris Olympics will be lit at the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games in southern Greece. It will then be carried through Greece for more than 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles) before being handed
In a meticulously choreographed ceremony on Tuesday, the flame for this summer’s Paris Olympics will be lit at the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games in southern Greece
Watch the Olympic flame Lighting Ceremony for Paris 2024. Commentary
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At birthplace of Olympics, performers at flame-lighting ceremony feel a pull of the ancient past
Every two years, a countdown to the Olympic Games is launched from its ancient birthplace with a flame-lighting ceremony in southern Greece at ancient Olympia
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — No one knows what music in ancient Greece sounded like or how dancers once moved. Every two years, a new interpretation of the ancient performance gets a global audience.
The Indian government took minimal credible steps to punish officials who may have committed human rights abuses, the report said.
The Olympic flame was lit at the birthplace of the Games in Greece on Tuesday, in a ceremony rich with ancient traditions that will launch a torch relay culminating in Paris on July 26. The flame was lit at the site of ancient Olympia and will now be carried more than 3,000 miles on its way to the French capital this summer. In ancient times the flame was lit with the energy of the sun and would remain lit in a sanctuary at Olympia known as the Prytaneum. In keeping with the ancient custom,...
Monterey Police said a man wanted on a felony warrant was arrested in Monterey and charged with more felonies on Friday.
Shafaqna English- As a report by Anadolu Ajansı, the Paris 2024 Torch embarked on its voyage to France following a customary ceremony in Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games. First introduced at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, torchbearers will take turns carrying the flame on a 5,000-kilometer
Augustin de Romanet, chairman of Aéroports de Paris, said airlines are being warned in advance about the closure and told they will have to fly around the restricted airspace.