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Torch-Lighting Ceremony
March 27, 2008
The torch is ignited several months before the games start at the ruins of Temple of Hera, in Olympia, southern Greece, site of the ancient Olympics. Actresses dressed as priestesses use the sun and a parabolic (curved) mirror to light the flame.
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Carried on foot to Athens in an urn, it is delivered to host city officials at the Greek capital's Panathinaiko Stadium. Shielded in a security lamp, it then travels on to the host city on foot, or via boat, airplane, bicycle, car or train.
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