Here's what to know on the history of the Olympic orch, the Olympic flame and more heading into 2024 Paris Olympics: ...

The Temple of Hera, home to the predecessor of the Olympic Games, is one of the oldest religious sanctuaries in Greece.

This is the stadium at Olympia. It was built during the 4th century BC and it was the largest of its kind at the time. It could seat 50,000 spectators! The Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA (Greece), September 29 (Itar-Tass) -The ceremony of lighting the flame of the 22nd Winter Olympic Games in Sochi started ... also before the VIII century BC, but the traditional ...

While one legends claims the games were established by Heracles (Hercules), who brought a sacred olive tree to Olympia, an alternative myth has the hero Pelops (from which the name of the ...

Greek actress Mary Miná was responsible for lighting the Olympic flame. Paris 2024 credit. Less than three months before the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Olympic flame was ignited ...