2302, 2015

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage (new on open-access)

By Mary Fisk|February 23, 2015|Anthropology and Sociology, Religions|0 comments

The International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage (IJRTP) was founded by an international group of researchers – the Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Expert Group – in 2013 and is published by the Dublin Institute of Technology. The journal is a member of DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) Content has a global cover, and includes thematic and cross-disciplinary articles as well as those focusing on a particular faith or

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1107, 2013

Prince Bertie’s holiday snaps …

By Mary Fisk|July 11, 2013|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Art and Archaeology, History, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica|0 comments

Prince Edward, photograph take between 1860 and 1865  Image from WikiMedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prince_Edward_1860.jpg Also public domain in the US (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-1923) In 1862, “Bertie”, Prince of Wales (the future Edward VII), was sent on an “improving” 4-and-a-half month tour of the Middle East, visiting Egypt, the Holy Land and Constantinople. Accompanying him was the photographer, Francis Bedford, who took over 190 prints of the region – one of the earliest photographic records

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