Panels of hermits and pilgrims turn into exiles, explorers, and worldly souls.
Centuries passed, these fables became legends, and pilgrims from the distant reaches of Asia sought out the mystic city of the gods.
Tourists and pilgrims are continuing to visit the Sistine Chapel -- famed for the ceiling painted by Michelangelo -- at the moment, Lombardi said.
Two warring kings in the area of Greece called Olympia agreed to suspend fighting that would interfere with athletes and pilgrims traveling to the Games.
The move has left thousands of Vatican visitors and pilgrims scrambling to find alternate ways to pay for popular sites, including Vatican Museums, as well as souvenirs, gifts and meals.
The decision had been taken "with a heavy heart" but it was "simply not possible to fulfil our day to day obligations to worshippers, visitors and pilgrims in current circumstances".
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According to the National Wild Turkey Federation, the widely held belief that Native Americans and Pilgrims (pre-colonial settlers from England) ate turkey at the first Thanksgiving meal in 1621 may not be true.
Security will be strictly controlled, pilgrim passes have been distributed to parishes throughout the UK, no candles, musical instruments or glass bottles are allowed in the park, and pilgrims must arrive by coach only at the venues outside London.
In a statement published on the cathedral's website, Dean Knowles said Friday's closure decision had been made "with a heavy heart" but it was "simply not possible to fulfil our day-to-day obligations to worshippers, visitors and pilgrims in current circumstances".
Towards the middle of the 20th century, scholarly research revealed that the fabled Silk Roads, far from being mere trade routes, were cultural highways that played a pivotal role in linking East and West, intermittently bringing together nomads and city dwellers, pastoral peoples and farmers, merchants and monks, and soldiers and pilgrims.
The Government of Nepal, as a signatory to the World Heritage Convention, must establish a management system that ensures the safeguarding of the Outstanding Universal Value of Lumbini from any factors arising in and around the property, including the impact of the growing numbers of tourists and pilgrims to Lumbini every year.
Claire had to patiently explain that Columbus's landing and the Pilgrims' arrival occurred a thousand miles and 128 years apart.
Before the beatification began, there were chaotic scenes as more and more pilgrims jostled to find a way into the square, says the BBC's Peter Gould, who was at the ceremony.
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After the stampede, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh issued a statement, saying he was "deeply shocked to learn of the unfortunate incident... in which precious lives have been lost and many pilgrims to Kumbh Mela among other people have been injured".
Skittish health officials in Saudi Arabia have worked hard to quell fears that the pilgrimage -- the biggest yearly congregation of people in the world -- will contribute to the global spread of the virus, inviting international health experts to make recommendations and screening pilgrims as they arrive.
He has washed and kissed the feet of women and Muslims, inscribed his autograph on plaster casts of injured pilgrims and has even telephoned his old Buenos Aires news vendor to cancel his newspaper order.
Andrew Turner has built the boat and is ferrying pilgrims for free at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, where the festival is held.
Thousands of pilgrims and tourists have travelled to Rome to take part in the Easter ceremonies.
During their journeys, both experienced a name change: The Separatists became Pilgrims and Tisquantum became Squanto.
In the 18th century collectors sought writings by the Pilgrims and from the Salem witch trials.
And as the Pilgrims prepared for their first Atlantic crossing, Squanto made his last.
Throughout Sunday, millions of pilgrims and holy men (sadhus) belonging to various Hindu monastic orders bathed at Sangam.
Squanto spent the rest of 1621 befriending the Pilgrims and teaching them how to survive in the New World.
Thousands of pilgrims and tourists are arriving in Rome to attend ceremonies during the holy week ahead of Easter.
More than two million pilgrims and visitors are expected to travel to the area to attend special services in 2000.
From there, head to the main river that cuts through the town, the Tungabhadra, to watch pilgrims and locals bathe down by the ghats.
This former hospice for pilgrims and, until relatively recently, a working hospital, contains almost a millennium of history, religious art and ruins.
Traders, pilgrims and armies followed in their hoofbeats and travelled from the Mediterranean into China via this massive network of many roads.
All that friendly interchange that supposedly took place between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Native Americans in 1621, you think that really happened?
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