Archaeologists Discover 1,400-Year-Old Souvenir Mold, Exposing the Rise of Christian Pilgrimage Tourism

[carlos]

Archaeologists Discover 1,400-Year-Old Souvenir Mold, Exposing the Rise of Christian Pilgrimage Tourism

https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discover-1400-year-old-souvenir-mold-exposing-the-rise-of-christian-pilgrimage-tourism/

 

I found this article interesting. Pilgrims from all of Europe and North Africa who visited Palestine in the Middle Ages used to bring home souvenirs: small earthen vessels, named ampullae, filled with water, oil or earth from the "holy places". Many of these have been found throughout Europe. Now for the first time archeologists excavating the ruins of a monastery named Hyrcania have found a mold used to manufacture those flasks almost in industrial scale. The mold has a cross (this is from the 6th or 7th centuries) and the inscription: “Lord’s blessing from the holy places.”

 

It's clear that tourism and souvenirs are not a recent invention. 

[Doug]

1 hour ago, carlos said:

Archaeologists Discover 1,400-Year-Old Souvenir Mold, Exposing the Rise of Christian Pilgrimage Tourism

https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discover-1400-year-old-souvenir-mold-exposing-the-rise-of-christian-pilgrimage-tourism/

 

I found this article interesting. Pilgrims from all of Europe and North Africa who visited Palestine in the Middle Ages used to bring home souvenirs: small earthen vessels, named ampullae, filled with water, oil or earth from the "holy places". Many of these have been found throughout Europe. Now for the first time archeologists excavating the ruins of a monastery named Hyrcania have found a mold used to manufacture those flasks almost in industrial scale. The mold has a cross (this is from the 6th or 7th centuries) and the inscription: “Lord’s blessing from the holy places.”

 

It's clear that tourism and souvenirs are not a recent invention. 

 

False religion has always been a business, hasn't it?    Selling idols, images or icons, and charging for "services".

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