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The excavation is said to mark the route of a Roman-era street taken by pilgrims to the site revered by Jews as the location of two Biblical temples.

There was no mention anywhere of the Africans abducted and enslaved by these “Christian pilgrims.”

Thousands of Hindu pilgrims from India visit the temple every year.

Coming from 20 countries, pilgrims are attending prayer vigils, masses and other activities this weekend - though they will not have a private audience with Pope Leo XIV.

That began to change as the expansion of the Red Sea resorts brought thousands of pilgrims on day trips at peak times.