Owing to cloudy weather, Greek actresses in the role of ancient priestesses used a flame lit Monday in the 2,600-year-old Temple of Hera, near the stadium where the Olympics were born in 776 BC.
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Greek actress Mary Mina, playing the role of the High Priestess, lights the torch during the flame lighting ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympics Games at the ancient temple of Hera on the Olympia archeological site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics in southern Greece. AFP PHOTO
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Nearly 100 days before the 2024 Paris Games open, the Olympic flame will be lit in ancient Olympia Tuesday for a torch relay stretching from the Acropolis to French Polynesia.