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By Joan Taylor
“Pilgrimage is a word that should be used with care, not thrown around lightly in glossy travel brochures,” says British author and journalist Peter Stanford. In his engrossing new book “Pilgrimage: Journeys of Meaning,” he invites the reader on an exploration of 12 ancient sites that call the modern pilgrim to a trip beyond travel, a purpose beyond pleasure.
From destinations like the Camino de Santiago in Spain to Shikoku in Japan, these journeys intertwine with history and myth, and don’t require today’s pilgrim to be part of a religious tradition. Instead, these sites speak to an age of freedom and curiosity, rousing those who are willing – and hoping – to be touched by a power outside themselves.
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Mecca
Makkah
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Human beings are capable of constructing incredible structures. Today, many architects and engineers boast of designing cutting edge office blocks and other mega-projects. Sport arenas, monuments, and cathedrals are all a testament to our ability to build. In the modern world, though, we have the help of technology like laser cutting equipment and massive mechanical drills and cranes.
Builders in ancient times didn’t have these luxuries. So how they managed to build monolithic and precise structures is perplexing us to this day. We’ve compiled a list of the ten best ancient structures we still don’t understand.
10 The Nan Madol
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Al-jizah
Saqqara
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