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The treasures of the Olympic Games : an official Olympic Museum publication / IOC Olympic Studies Centre in collab. with the Olympic Museum's educational and cultural service and collections team

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Centre d'Études Olympiques (Lausanne) | Musée olympique (Lausanne). Service éducatif et culturel

Edited by Carlton Books. London - 2016

Published in association with The Olympic Museum, "The treasures of the Olympic Games" brings to life, through over 200 photographs and 21 removable items of memorabilia, the glorious history of the Olympic Summer Games. Beginning in 776 BC in ancient Greece through to its revival in 1896 and the subsequent modern Games, this exceptional archive beautifully captures the organization's absorbing history and a wealth of sporting achievement. "The treasures of the Olympic Games" is a unique interactive book, where sports fans can hold and study facsimiles of historic documents, enabling them to get closer to the Games than has ever been possible before.

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