The 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from March 24 until August 8, 2008, prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, with the theme of "one world, one dream". Plans for the relay were announced on April 26, 2007, in Beijing, China. The relay, also called by the organizers as the "Journey of Harmony", lasted 129 days and carried the torch 137,000 km (85,000 mi) – the longest distance of any Olympic torch relay since the tradition was started ahead of the 1936 Summer Olympics. 

After being lit at the birthplace of the Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece on March 24, the torch traveled to the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, and then to Beijing, arriving on March 31. From Beijing, the torch was following a route passing through six continents. The torch has visited cities along the Silk Road, symbolizing ancient links between China and the rest of the world. The relay also included an ascent with the flame to the top of Mount Everest on the border of Nepal and Tibet, China from the Chinese side, which was closed specially for the event.
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March 24
After being lit at the birthplace of the Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece on March 24
Olympia, Greece
After being lit at the birthplace of the Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece 
It is the birthplace of the olympic games
After being lit at the birthplace of the Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece 
2008
The 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from March 24 until August 8, 2008, 
"one world, one dream".
with the theme of "one world, one dream".
April 26, 2007,
Plans for the relay were announced on April 26, 2007,
Beijing
Plans for the relay were announced on April 26, 2007, in Beijing, China.
129 days
The relay, also called by the organizers as the "Journey of Harmony", lasted 129 days and carried the torch 137,000 km
137,000 km
The relay, also called by the organizers as the "Journey of Harmony", lasted 129 days and carried the torch 137,000 km
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 From Beijing, the torch was following a route passing through six continents.
Panathinaiko Stadium
After being lit at the birthplace of the Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece on March 24, the torch traveled to the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens,
Athens
After being lit at the birthplace of the Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece on March 24, the torch traveled to the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens,
the silk road
The torch has visited cities along the Silk Road, symbolizing ancient links between China and the rest of the world.
Mount Everest
The relay also included an ascent with the flame to the top of Mount Everest
the border of Nepal and Tibet
The relay also included an ascent with the flame to the top of Mount Everest on the border of Nepal and Tibet, China from the Chinese side
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the longest distance of any Olympic torch relay since the tradition was started ahead of the 1936 Summer Olympics. 
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 the longest distance of any Olympic torch relay since the tradition was started
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 the longest distance of any Olympic torch relay since the tradition was started ahead of the 1936 Summer Olympics. 
March 31st
the torch traveled to the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, and then to Beijing, arriving on March 31
Beijing
 the torch traveled to the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, and then to Beijing, arriving on March 31.