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Lifting of the Siege of Malta by Charles Philippe Lariviere 1798-1876 By Charles-Philippe Larivière - Own work, PHGCOM, photographed at Versailles, CC BY-SA 3.0

The Sword of La Valette: An Edge Shaped by Siege and Memory

StoriesNovember 21, 2025

A compelling exploration of the two swords linked to Grand Master Jean Parisot de La Valette—one forged for battle, the other crafted for ceremony—and how these blades shaped Malta’s memory…

Yacimiento de la ciudad mesopotámica de Ur, Irak

Archaeological site of the Mesopotamian city of Ur, Iraq Abbas Al Yasiri - Shutterstock

Abraham and the Mesopotamian Memory: Pilgrimage and the Idea of Iraq

StoriesNovember 18, 2025

A journey through the origin of pilgrimage in Mesopotamia: from Ur, the birthplace of Abraham, to Najaf and Karbala, Iraq preserves the memory of the first sacred journeys and the…

Dead Sea and Jordan River. Modern replica of historical Madaba map in Jordan vvoe - Shutterstock

Five early pilgrims who crossed the Jordan River

StoriesNovember 14, 2025

Five early travelers who crossed the Jordan —from the Pilgrim of Bordeaux to Arculf— left the first records of Christian pilgrimage. Their journeys reveal how Jordan became the eastern heart…

Phu Son Your Buddhist temple. The life of Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama. godongphoto - Shutterstock

The first turning: Origins of the Buddhist path

StoriesNovember 11, 2025

In Sarnath, the Buddha delivered his first sermon and set in motion the Wheel of Dharma. There, the Middle Way, the Four Noble Truths, and the first Buddhist community were…

Puritan landing at Plymouth in 1620 By Antonio Gisbert - Public Domain

The “Pilgrim Fathers”: A Faith in motion

StoriesNovember 7, 2025

Faith in motion and freedom: the Mayflower voyage and the pact that sowed the spiritual and democratic roots of a new nation.

Pier Giorgio Frassati was canonized in St. Peter's on September 7, 2025 Marco Iacobucci Epp - Shutterstock

Pier Giorgio Frassati: The Modern Pilgrim of the Everyday

StoriesNovember 4, 2025

Portrait of Pier Giorgio Frassati, the “modern pilgrim” who united faith, mountain and service: from the peaks of Oropa to the streets of Turin, a life in motion.

Calzada de los muertos landscape at Teotihuacan Alfredo Schaufelberger - Shuttertsock

The Avenue of the Dead as pilgrimage space in Teotihuacan

StoriesOctober 31, 2025

More than a ceremonial street, the Avenue of the Dead of Teotihuacán was an axis of pilgrimage and power, where ritual movement shaped the sacred order of the city.

Beautiful Standee of Disney Animation "COCO" display at the theater at Bangkok, Thailand Sarunyu L - Shutterstock

How Coco opened the world’s eyes to Mexico’s Day of the Dead

StoriesOctober 28, 2025

Pixar’s Coco introduced in 2017, with notable cultural sensitivity, one of Mexico’s most deeply rooted traditions.

Malta Island, Gozo, the ruins of Ggantija Temples (3600-3000 BC), the megalithic complex was erected in three stages by the community of farmers and herders inhabiting the small island of Gozo Angelo Giampiccolo - Shutterstock

Ġgantija: Where humans first spoke to the sacred

StoriesOctober 24, 2025

Discover Ġgantija, Gozo’s megalithic temple older than the pyramids — a sacred site where stone, myth, and ritual shaped humanity’s first spirituality