The Olympic torch was lit in a traditional ceremony honoring the Olympic games' roots in Ancient Olympia and will now make its way via 10,000 torchbearers to Paris.

The torch for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was lit in ancient Olympia in a traditional ceremony on Tuesday, marking the final stretch of the seven-year preparations for the Games' start on July 26.

Greek actress Mary Mina, playing the role of the High Priestess, holds the torch during the flame lighting ceremony for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics at the Ancient Olympia archeological site ...

In ancient times the flame was lit with the energy of the sun, and it would remain lit in a sanctuary at Olympia known as the Prytaneum. A Greek actor during the flame lighting ceremony at the ...

The flame for the 2024 Paris Olympics has been lit in Olympia, the birthplace of the ancient Olympics. ... Over the years, the torch has been carried by hundreds of thousands of people.

The torch for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was lit in ancient Olympia in a traditional ceremony on Tuesday, marking the final stretch of the seven-year preparations for the Games' start on July 26.

The relay for the torch of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games from Greece to France is underway after it was lit in ancient Olympia on Tuesday.. The lighting of the torch took place during a traditional ...

First lit in Ancient Olympia, Greece, on April 16 as an homage to the ancient version of the Games, the torch arrived in Marseilles, France, three weeks later via a three-masted ship.

The flame for the 2024 Paris Olympics has been lit in Olympia, the birthplace of the ancient Olympics. The flame will now begin its journey in a relay to light the cauldron that will mark the ...

Olympics-Paris 2024 torch lit in ancient Olympia, relay under way ...