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How this Spanish city became the holy grail of pilgrimages
Santiago de Compostela is one of the major centres of Christianity in the world — but the city’s sense of spirituality goes ...
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Top Iranian Generals Killed in the Israeli Attack
Israel targeted leading members of Iran's armed forces on Friday during its unprecedented onslaught hitting military and ...
1,500-year-old map helps archaeologists piece together the lost city of Tharais
A 1,500-year-old map has led humans to discover a lost city from the Byzantine Empire. The Madaba Mosaic Map built during Emperor Justinian’s reign (527-565 A.D.) shows a total of 157 sites that were ...
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The oldest map of the Holy Land is actually a magnificent mosaic
By then, its significance was clear: A cartographic masterpiece, the Madaba mosaic is the earliest map of the Holy Land. (Tower of Babel featured on ancient synagogue mosaic.) Madaba Mosaic Map ...