The lighting of the Olympic torch before the modern games by the High Priestess. The ceremony takes place in the temple of Hera at Ancient Olympia,

This is so exciting to see the beginning of the Olympics as energy towards peace among all people.

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GUY WALTERS reveals the fascinating story of the Olympic flame, including its links with the 1936 Berlin Games where Hitler is pictured with Tilly Fleischer who picked up the first gold medal for Germany.

Since I can remember, I have always been fascinated by the iconography used for the Olympic Games. And recently, while doing my research on the Rio Olympics’ pictograms, I came up with the idea to collect and share with you all the pictograms that have been made up until this year. So I invite you to go on a journey in time and see how the Olympic iconography has changed throughout the years.

The torch began its 5,300-mile trek to South Korea on Tuesday.