Welcome to Questions of Doom. In this series, we answer your questions about Archaeology and our shared heritage.

Today we examine the origins of the Olympic torch.

Tags:

• Archaeology
• excavation olympic
• torch
• fire
• light
• ceremony
• actress
• Apollo
• parabola
• Hellenistic
• city states
• sparta
• athens
• athletics
• games
• prometheus
• gods
• Zeus
• 1936
• berlin
• Carl Diem
• Joseph Goebbels
• relay
• volks wagon
• beetle
• design
• politics
• modern
• origin
• travel
• poignant

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