Sacred spaces; a pilgrimage.(Travel)

From: The Saturday Star (South Africa) | Date: November 3, 2007 | Copyright information

From Mount Olympus in Greece to Peru's Machu Picchu, the world's sacred places still draw thousands of visitors each year. Here is a selection of some of the most sacred:

Acclaimed photographer and anthropologist Martin Gray spent the past 20 years on an amazing pilgrimage, visiting 1 000 sacred sites in 80 countries around the world.

His journey unfolds in a remarkable compilation of images that reveals just how devoutly pre- industrial cultures worshipped and respected Earth.

From the Western Wall in Jerusalem to the Great Mosque of Damascus, Mount Olympus, Tibet's ...

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