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International conference to be held at the Yad Ben-Zvi Institute in Jerusalem on December 5th and 6th, 2017 :Pilgrimage to Jerusalem: Christians, Jews and MuslimsJerusalem is a city holy to  three world religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. From the Byzantine period, Christian pilgrimage here and to other holy sites became a mass phenomenon  after Saint Helen was said to have miraculously discovered the ‘True Cross of Christ’, and her son Constantine the Great had built churches in this area. Thousands of Christian believers made their way to holy sites in Palestine, Egypt and other places in order to physically experience salvation history and seek divine intervention in their lives.Numerous travel reports, pilgrim guides and other written sources highlight important aspects of pilgrimage. In addition, many well-preserved churches, monasteries, hostels and other buildings, as well as rich archaeological findings, provide us with a vivid and synthetic picture of the history of pilgrimage to the Holy Land. In the course of these religiously motivated journeys, people of the three ‘religions of the book’ came into contact and interacted in a multitude of ways. This three-day conference will explore the concrete aspects of pilgrimage, with a strong focus on the material record, including archaeology. Special emphasis will be placed on the interaction between the three ‘religions of the book’ in the course of Holy Land pilgrimage. The conference will include a field trip on December 7th for the participants.Programme :5th December9.00Assembly, Registration and Coffee9.30GreetingsRepresentative of Yad Ben-ZviFalko Daim (on behalf of Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Mainz)Claudia Rapp (on behalf of Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna)Benjamin Z. Kedar (on behalf of the Organising Committee)PILGRIMAGE IN HAGIOGRAPHY AND TRAVELLERS ACCOUNTS - IModerator: Benjamin Z. Kedar9.45Claudia Rapp (Universität Wien &#38; Abteilung Byzanzforschung, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna), From the Holy Mountain to the Holy City and Back: The Movement of Monks and Manuscripts in the Early Byzantine Period10.15Johannes Pahlitzsch (Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz), Syria and Palestine in Byzantine Hagiography of the 11th &#38; 12th Centuries10.45Yamit Rachman-Schrire (Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem), Dominicans Writing the Holy Land: Jerusalem, Europe and Beyond11.15Discussion11.30COFFEE BREAKPILGRIMAGE IN TRAVELLERS ACCOUNTSModerator: Johannes Pahlitzsch11.50Andreas Külzer (Abteilung Byzanzforschung, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna), Pilgrims on their Way in the Holy Land: Roads and Routes According to Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Travel Accounts12.20Orit Ramon (Open University of Israel), Jerusalem and the Holy Land in 16th Century Czech Traveller's Writing12.50Rangar Cline (University of Oklahoma), «The Spring from which Moses Gave Water to the Children of Israel still Flows» Water and Proof in Early Christian Pilgrimage Narratives13.20Discussion13.35–14.15LUNCHFROM THE CAUCASUS TO JERUSALEM AND BACKModerator: Prof. Michael Stone14.15Emilio Bonfiglio &#38; Johannes Preiser-Kapeller (Abteilung Byzanzforschung, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna) From Ararat to Mount Zion: Armenian Pilgrimage and Presence in the Medieval Holy Land14.45Yana Tchekhanovets (Israel Antiquities Authority), Georgian and Armenian Pilgrimage to the Holy Land15.15Discussion15.30COFFEE BREAKJEWISH PILGRIMAGEModerator: Joseph Patrich15.50Ossnat Sharon (Haifa University), Space and Self in the 15th Century Pilgrimage Narrative of Meshulam of Volterra16.20Eyal Ben-Eliyahu (Haifa University), The Pilgrimage in the Late Antique Jewish World16.50Discussion17.05End of Day I6th December9.00ASSEMBLY AND COFFEETHE ARCHAEOLOGY OF PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LANDModerator: Claudia Rapp9.30Basema Hamarneh (University of Vienna), Between Hagiography and Archaeology: Pilgrimage and Monastic Communities on the Banks of the River Jordan10.00Joseph Patrich (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Arculf's Church of St. Mary in the Complexof the Holy Sepulchre. Location and Cult10.30Jon Seligman (Israel Antiquities Authority), The Economy of Pilgrimage to Jerusalem in the Byzantine Period11.00Discussion11.15COFFEE BREAKTHE VISUAL EXPRESSION AND EPIGRAPHY OF PILGRIMAGEModerator: Uzi Dahari11.35Andreas Pülz (Institut für Kulturgeschichte der Antike, Austrian Academy of Sciences), Considerations on the Iconography and Distribution of the so-called Ampoules of Asia Minor12.05Anastasia Keshman-Wasserman (Tel Aviv University), Mary the Doorkeeper – On the History of the Miraculous Image of the Holy Virgin in the Holy Sepulchre Church12.35Leah Di Segni (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Epigraphic Evidence for Pilgrimage13.05Daniel Reynolds (University of Birmingham), Virtuous vandals? Graffiti and Christian Pilgrimage in Byzantine Palaestina and Arabia (500-630)13.35Discussion13.50–14.30LUNCHPILGRIMAGE AFTER THE BYZANTINE PERIODModerator: Amiqam Elad14.30Anna Gutgarts (Tel-Aviv University), Urban Zoning and Pilgrimage in Frankish Jerusalem15.00Tawfiq Da’adli (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), »Sacred« Paths around al-Quds.15.30Max Ritter (Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz), Presence of Byzantine Pilgrims in Jerusalemfrom the Umayyad to the Fatimid period (7th–10th centuries)16.00Robert Schick (Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz), Muslim Pilgrims to Jerusalem in the Ottoman Period16.30Discussion17.00Closing Remarks