Per tradition, the torch was lit on April 15 in Olympia, Greece, honoring the historical birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, which date back to 776 BC. Once lit, 600 torchbearers carried the ...

It was the Greek military scientist named Aeneas Tacticus who developed this ingenious method of communicating messages using the simplest torch signals in the 4th century BCE. The way in which this ...

Chengdu, named Zhumeng (lit: Bamboo Dream in Chinese) Photo: VCG. The torch for The World Games (TWG) 2025 Chengdu, named Zhumeng (lit: Ba ...

The Olympic Flame or Olympic Torch is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus, its origins lie in ancient Greece, where a fire was kept ...

NEW DELHI: The torch for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was ignited in ancient Olympia during a customary ceremony on Tuesday, signaling the final phase of the seven-year preparations for the Games ...