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.
Greek actresses playing the role of priestesses carry the Olympic flame lit with a concave mirror to the ancient stadium, near the Temple of Hera in Ancient Olympia where the Olympics were born in 776 B.C. on Monday March 24, 2008.
Greek actress Maria Nafpliotou, playing the role of a high priestess, holds up the Olympic flame lit with a concave mirror 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 Aug. 8-24 Beijing Olympics was lit using the sun's rays at a ceremony in Ancient Olympia.
A white pigeon is released on Monday, March 24, 2008, during the Olympic flame ceremony at the ancient stadium, near the Temple of Hera in Ancient Olympia, where the Olympics were born in 776 B.C.
Greek actress Maria Nafpliotou, playing the role of a high priestess, holds up the Olympic flame lit with a concave mirror near the Temple of Hera in Ancient Olympia where the Olympics were born in 776 B.C., Monday, March 24, 2008.
Greek actress Maria Nafpliotou, playing the role of a high priestess, holds up the Olympic flame lit with a concave mirror near the Temple of Hera in Ancient Olympia where the Olympics were born in 776 B.C., Monday, March 24, 2008. The flame for the Aug. 8-24 Beijing Olympics was been lit using the sun's rays at a ceremony in Ancient Olympia.
Greek actress Maria Nafpliotou, playing the role of a high priestess, left, gives an olive branch to the first Olympic relay torchbearer Alexandros Nikolaidis, right, during the flame-lighting ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Games in ancient Olympia, Greece, on Monday, March 24, 2008.
Greek actress Maria Nafpliotou, playing the role of a high priestess, holds up the Olympic flame during the flame-lighting ceremony for the Beijing 2008 games in ancient Olympia, Greece, on Monday March 24, 2008, for the upcoming Beijing Games. Protests by press freedom and pro-Tibet groups disrupt the flame- lighting ceremony.
First Olympic relay torchbearer, Taekwondo silver medalist Alexandros Nikolaidis, right, of Greece, carries the Olympic flame as spectators line the route after the flame-lighting ceremony for the Beijing 2008 games in ancient Olympia on March 24, 2008. Protests by press freedom and pro-Tibet groups disrupted the ceremony inside the stadium where the ancient games have been held for more than 1,000 years.
Tibetan activist Tenzin Dorjee, left, talks with IOC President Jacques Rogge, prior to the flame-lighting ceremony for the Beijing Olympics on March 24, 2008. Some protesters tried to stop the leading vehicle of the Beijing Olympic torch relay in Ancient Olympia, Greece, while others disrupted the flame-lighting ceremony inside the stadium where the ancient games were held for more than 1,000 years.
Greek police officers attempt to arrest a pro-Tibetan protester, with red paint covering her face, in the village of Ancient Olympia, southern Greece, Monday, March 24, 2008. Some protesters tried to stop the leading vehicle of the Beijing Olympic torch relay in Ancient Olympia, while others disrupted the flame-lighting ceremony inside the stadium where the ancient games were held for more than 1,000 years.
Pro-Tibetan protesters hang a banner on the balcony of an hotel as a car of the official torch relay passes by in the village of Ancient Olympia, southern Greece, on Monday, March 24, 2008.
Greek police officers attempt to arrest pro-Tibetan protesters trying to stop the leading vehicle of the Beijing Olympic torch relay, in the village of Ancient Olympia, southern Greece, Monday, March 24 2008. Protesters also disrupted the flame-lighting ceremony inside the stadium where the ancient games were held for more than 1,000 years. Police detained at least seven people.