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Thanks for giving it a look!

The Roman Road network across the empire made it a reality, but I’m not sure how common it really was at the time, other than shorter commutes. The extent Paul did it was quite likely a very rare feat!

Really great suggestion. I’ve had a few people say the same. I was so caught up in the map I forgot a proper introduction!

Thanks for taking a look at it!

I’ve been fascinated by the Roman Empire and their road network that was unprecedented at this time in history.

Paul was able to traverse thousands of miles along these networks and what he did really changed the course of history. He confronted the Roman Empire at its absolute height, and despite being shipwrecked twice, imprisoned at least three times, beaten and stoned many times… he still carried on. I thought it would be cool to visualize what he accomplished in a unique way.

I believe most of the journeys by land were done by foot. The Roman Roads were unprecedented in history at the time, especially by the 1st century, enabling someone like Paul to actually be able to traverse like he did.

I have plans to include the distances and approx. time for each of the legs.

Thank you so much!

I don’t know of anything like that, but what a cool idea. I have a passion for the Silk Roads as well, and I made an interactive map for it. Soon I will add Marco Polo’s and Ibn Battuta’s routes to it. I really like historical journeys and how they intersect with the modern locations

Thank you for your comment!

I am still working on the legend and having it do exactly like you said. I have to change things up a bit but hopefully I can be able to implement it soon

Thank you for giving my project a look!

What you are working on sounds really interesting. Now you have me thinking on my families genealogy connections…

Thank you!

Yes, it is free through ArcGIS Online, their web-based mapping software

Thanks for checking it out! I have the verse references, with plans to add all the relevant verses within the box as well.

Most of the locations are known historically, however some could benefit with additional sources, such as Malta. I will try to add those as well

Paul financially supported himself as a tentmaker (See Acts 18:3 - “There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, 3 and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them.”)

There are also other mentions he was a tentmaker.

I created an interactive map overlaying Apostle Paul’s 20,000km of journeys on a 1st century Roman Roads network, with modern vs. ancient cities and site photos. The base map utilizes the Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire (DARE), which was embedded into ArcGIS, with all four of Paul’s journeys with every stop added. The Roman Roads map can also be switched to a modern map to compare the ancient vs. modern locations.

This is part of a personal project I am embarking on called Kingdoms Collide, where I plan to retrace every step of Paul’s journeys across the ancient Roman Roads.

Reaching this spot was a journey in itself, involving long hours of hitchhiking, busses, taxis, and even a donkey-cart, ultimately arriving the shores of the lake at late night. Upon morning though, we couldn’t believe our eyes when we gazed upon Sayram Lake, known long ago as the Pearl of the Silk Road 6,800 feet in the Tianshan Mountains.

The day that unfolded here remains our favorite memory of travel in one day, where we explored the ridges, got offered to ride Kazakh shepherd’s horses, and made friends with a nomad. When he found us struggling lakeshore to set up our tent in the pouring rain, he offered us to sleep inside his yurt for the night. Thinking back, we can’t believe this day was reality in a place this remote.

Absolutely, Dunhuang is such a crucial component of the Silk Roads. However I am only including the places we have traveled through ourselves, and we were not able to fit in Dunhuang when we were passing through the area.

This Silk Road experience is a project I anticipate working on over the next few years.

Oh,I thought it was a one-time pop-up. I will look into it. Thanks for bringing it to my attention and taking a look through the site.

Glad to share it and thanks for taking a look at it!

Many thanks! A lot of time and thought have been put into it to make it a unique experience. Really makes me excited you enjoy it!

Over the past six years my wife and I have made it our quest to explore as much of the Silk Roads as possible, with more than 60 outposts charted. We have found the journey so fascinating, we would like to recreate the feeling of an explorer charting and experiencing these places for the first time. Therefore I’ve been investing my time to create an interactive journey where one can experience the Silk Roads without leaving your front door.

The journey starts in Constantinople and from there branches out where you can choose where to travel, with all roads leading to the end in Eastern China. Hope you find it interesting and would love any input or suggestions for the project, as there are plenty more places to chart.