The “fire” beneath the cauldron is in fact 40 electrically-powered LED spotlights and 200 high-pressure misting nozzles, which combine to give a convincing illusion of a traditional flame ...

The idea for the Olympic flame has its roots in ancient Greece, where a sacred fire was kept burning throughout the Ancient Olympics in deference to "the gods." A symbolic fire was introduced in 1928 ...

Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times It flickers like a fire, but the “flame” resting in the enormous cauldron comprises 40 LED spotlights and 200 misting nozzles and is tethered to what ...

Young Condylis, from Olympia, crosses the girls of light and lights the torch from the altar fire. This is the moment everyone ... running with the sacred flame of Olympia to transmit the Olympic ...

The Olympic torch will cross Greece for the next 10 days until the fire hits the Panathinaic Stadium ... Stefanos Ntouskos 🇬🇷 hands the flame to Laure Manaudou 🇫🇷, an Olympic champion ...

Associated Press Friday, Feb. 3, 2023 12:50 p.m. | Friday, Feb. 3, 2023 12:50 p.m. MARSEILLE, France — The Olympic flame is going for a sail. Instead of arriving ...

The AP team in Athens went above and beyond across formats to get exclusive access to the behind-the-scenes operation of lighting the Olympic flame, producing excellent work for both traditional and ...

and were installed Thursday alongside the Olympic bell. In total, there are 21 bells at Notre Dame, each of which is named ...

Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral, whose historic bells were silenced following 2019’s devastating fire, will soon echo again with ...

While Antoine Arnault of LVMH may insist that "financial benefits have never been a goal of this partnership," NBC’s ...

The Olympic Flame will be lit in ancient Olympia on April 16 Marking the beginning of a trip that will culminate in Paris on July 26, the fire will be ignited on Tuesday, April 16 and will then be ...