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Olympic Pageantry & Protests Photos

Greek actress Maria Nafpliotou, playing the role of a high priestess, passes on the Olympic flame lit with a concave mirror to another priestess, near the Temple of Hera in Ancient Olympia where the Olympics were born in 776 B.C. on Monday March 24, 2008. The flame for the Beijing Olympics, being held Aug. 8-24, was lit using the sun's rays at a ceremony in Ancient Olympia.

(Photo: AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)