2,000-year-old ledger found in City of David points to widespread 2nd Temple literacy Discovered near Pilgrimage Path, inscribed chalkstone slab that appears to be ossuary maker’s accounting record adds to physical evidence of ancient Jerusalem shuk in lower city by HistoryBuff May 17, 2023, 10:06 pm 10 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment Saudi Arabia stone ruins were pilgrimage sites, where an ancient cult gathered to sacrifice animals about 7,000 years ago by HistoryBuff March 20, 2023, 10:55 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL there’s a metro line in Mecca, Saudi Arabia which only runs for 1 week a year. It cost almost $2B and was opened in 2010 for the sole purpose of moving pilgrims around Mecca during the Hajj – the annual pilgrimage of Muslims to Mecca. The rest of the year, the infrastructure is completely unused by whatilearned November 11, 2022, 11:10 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
Medieval Boat Used To Ferry Pilgrims Discovered – the pilgrimage to Compostela, Spain by HistoryBuff September 5, 2022, 10:36 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL that Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was not born in India as widely thought. His birthplace was in Lumbini, which is in modern day Nepal. Lumbini is now a World Heritage Site and a popular pilgrimage destination. by whatilearned January 9, 2022, 10:45 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL about the 2015 Mina stampede that caused deaths estimated at well over 2,000 people, suffocated or crushed during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, Mecca. by whatilearned November 9, 2021, 1:00 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL that over 2,000 people were killed in a single human crush during a pilgrimage in 2015. by whatilearned November 6, 2021, 7:01 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL about pirate Henry Every, who in 1695 captured treasure worth tens of millions of pounds or dollars in today’s money. He raided a convoy of Grand Mughal vessels making the annual pilgrimage from India to Mecca. Every then disappeared and neither he nor his treasure was ever captured. by whatilearned August 15, 2021, 10:55 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL in Pilgrimage of Compostela (Camino de Santiago) in Spain, there is a point in the path with two fountains, one with water and the other with wine, free and open for the public all days of the year, and with a camera streaming 24/7 to see the pilgrims that visit it. by whatilearned July 4, 2021, 3:10 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
TIL of Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, Icelandic explorer, who sailed to America around 1000ad. She was the first European to give birth there. She also sailed across North Atlantic eight times between Greenland, Iceland and Norway. Later in her life she made a pilgrimage to Rome and back. by whatilearned March 14, 2021, 6:28 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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