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Language: en
Pages: 533
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-12-20 - Publisher: OUP Oxford
This book presents a range of case-studies of pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman antiquity, drawing on a wide variety of evidence. It rejects the usual reluctance to ac
Language: en
Pages: 385
Pages: 385
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Language: en
Pages: 244
Pages: 244
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995 - Publisher: Harvard University Press
From the Great Panathenaea of ancient Greece to the hajj of today, people of all religions and cultures have made sacred journeys to confirm their faith and the
Language: en
Pages: 306
Pages: 306
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