THE WEEK

Historian suggests Stonehenge was platform for 'an ancient Mecca on stilts'

Former museum curator Julian Spalding believes we've been looking at Stonehenge all wrong. Spalding has proposed that Stonehenge wasn't meant to be viewed from Earth-level, but was actually a platform ...
Los Angeles Times

Mecca’s ancient heritage is under attack

MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA — These days it’s easier to find a Cinnabon in Mecca than the house where the prophet Muhammad was born. The ancient sites in Islam’s holiest city are under attack from both money ...
The Nation Newspaper

Joy as pilgrims able to touch ancient Mecca’s Black Stone

Pilgrims in the Great Mosque of Mecca in Saudi Arabia can once again touch and kiss one of Islam’s most revered relics – the Black Stone set in the sacred Kaaba building. A barrier around the Kaaba ...
Hindustan Times

Spanish Muslims retrace ancient Hajj route on horseback from Andalusia to Mecca

CAIRO — Three Spanish pilgrims performing the Hajj in Saudi Arabia rode on horseback to Mecca, traveling thousands of kilometers in snow and rain and along a path they said had not been trekked for ...