Olympic Relay Torch - Athens 2004 historic-places-faces " The name was recorded

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This specimen is a Chelyabinsk meteorite fragment

traveling approximately 126 million miles

Olympic Relay Torch - Athens 2004 historic-places-faces " The name was recorded"We shall not have peace until the prejudices which now separate the different races shall have been outlived. To attain this end, what better means than to bring the youth of all countries periodically together for amicable trials of muscular strength and agility?" ~ Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games This specimen is a pair of olive wood and aluminum fragments from an Olympic Relay Torch used in advance of the 2004 games in