Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and take part. Image caption, The ancient Olympic athletes would enter the stadium by walking under this archway.

The ceremony takes place in an ancient Greek Temple of Hera and at the historic ancient stadium of Ancient Olympia, where the first Olympic Games in the history of mankind took place centuries ago.

After a week traveling throughout Greece, the handover ceremony will take place in the Athens Panathenaic Stadium on April 27. Written and reported by Karen Rosenin Ancient Olympia. For general ...

Vrasidas Karalis, professor of modern Greek at the University of Sydney, grew up in Olympia, where he used to play with friends among the ancient stadium ruins. "For the ancient Greeks ...

The Central Archaeological Council of Greece unanimously approved the restoration of the Kladios Baths in Ancient Olympia, according to Newsbomb. The approval includes the architectural ...

The event took place in the Panathenaic Stadium, built entirely of ... The traditional flame was lit on April 16 at the ancient site of Olympia on Greece's Peloponnese peninsula.

honoring the historical birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, which date back to 776 BC. Once lit, 600 torchbearers carried the flame through 41 Greek towns to the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens.

With certain traditional exceptions including Greece – the historical home of the ancient Olympic Games – entering first and the ... For that reason, the country with the honor of directly following ...