Regular travel is a luxury of the modern world, thanks in part to advances in technology and infrastructure. It would be incorrect, however, to say that historical peoples did not also enjoy widespread travel. Famous examples of ancient tourists and pilgrims abound, including Pausanias, who chronicled his explorations of Greece in the second century CE; Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great, who made pilgrimages to various sites in the Holy Land; and Ibn Hawqal, who traveled to the Mediterranean, Asia, and Africa in the tenth century. Much like today, ancient travelers brought home souvenirs from their journeys. One such […]
