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The Spice Routes of the Levant: A Modern Pilgrimage
Tracing the ancestral paths of cardamom and silk through the forgotten markets of Amman and the salt-caked shores of the Dead Sea.
Jun 14, 2026·12 min
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Slow journeys, well told.
Long-form travel dispatches from the roads less mapped, from Levantine spice routes to the fjords of the north.

Tracing the ancestral paths of cardamom and silk through the forgotten markets of Amman and the salt-caked shores of the Dead Sea.

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