^ 200 Road systems in the service of empires have long inspired archaeologists and ancient historians alike. Using etymology, textual analysis and archaeology the author deconstructs the road system of the Khmer, empire builders of early historic Cambodia. Far from being the creation of one king, the road system evolved organically to serve expeditions, pilgrimages and embedded exchange routes ...

The objective of this article is to analyse Mexican national pilgrimages Rome that took place during the pontificate Leo XIII (1878–1903). These occurred in context a global Catholic mobilisation support papacy, so-called Roman Question. This paper’s analysis these draws from historiography about pilgrimages, as well studies on pope second half nineteenth century. It fundamentally based primary...

Costly rituals convey commitment to communities and advertise trustworthiness cooperativeness peers, which might explain why humans perform costly religious rituals. Here, we compare the efficacy of occasional public displays versus regular but less acts for prestige enhancement. We collected data on behaviors ranging from daily low-cost practices infrequent high-cost pilgrimages distant locati...

The growth in Catholic pilgrimage the late nineteenth and early twentieth century is widely acknowledged, but little attention has been paid to how why many of mass pilgrimages era began. This article will assess contribution made by Guild Our Lady Ransom pilgrimage. After Guild’s foundation 1887, its leadership revived or restored pre- post-Reformation sites, coordinated movement thousands pil...

In 2002 the South Atlantic Medal Association organized its first ‘pilgrimage’ to Falkland Islands. Pilgrimages islands have since become a regular occurrence. Battlefield ‘pilgrimages’ are seen not only as ritual of remembrance dead, but cathartic act personal and bonded-group self-affirmation, understood by many an essential element psychological healing process after war. Yet public media rep...

During the Second World War, disruption and shortages of wartime life had a significant impact on ability Catholics to engage with their usual practice pilgrimage in many parts Europe. Transport was difficult, accommodation sustenance lacking, sites inaccessible, some pilgrims viewed suspicion. Yet pilgrimages were popular, as people prayed for peace, appealed aid friends family, sought spiritu...

Muslims living in the Indonesian archipelago have long placed considerable importance on their travels to and communications with what they saw as intellectual centers for the study of Islam. I trace some of the effects of these “intellectual pilgrimages” to Mecca, Cairo, and elsewhere on Indonesian deliberations about Islam, particularly concerning Islamic law. I argue that these references to...