On the morning of November 14, 1963, sailors south of Iceland saw something that looked at first like a ship on fire. A dark column was rising from the North Atlantic. It was not smoke from a vessel but volcanic ash and steam, blasted upwar...
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Few foods carry a national story as neatly as Pizza Margherita. Red tomato, white mozzarella and green basil seem to reproduce the Italian flag on a circle of dough. According to the story r...
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In 1929, while scholars were cataloguing manuscripts in Istanbul's Topkapı Palace, they encountered a fragment of an extraordinary world map. Painted in vivid colors on parchment traditional...
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In the old medina of Fez, behind carved doors and walls that have witnessed more than a millennium of Moroccan history, books have survived dynasties, wars, political upheavals and the arriv...
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Was wine invented in Georgia or by the Romans? The answer isn't as simple as one might think. While Georgia holds the title for the oldest wine, Rome may be the birthplace of modern wine cul...
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Who can claim the invention of wine? A drink so old and widespread that it predates written history. Traces of fermented grape juice have been found across ancient civilizations, but where e...
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Kongthong is a small village nestled in the lush hills of Meghalaya, a northeastern state of India. Home to the Khasi tribe, this village is unlike any other due to its peculiar mode of comm...
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In the northernmost part of Japan lies Iturup Island, part of the Kuril Islands chain. But the true mystery surrounds the nearby island of Okinoshima, which locals call the "Island Where No...
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In the northernmost part of Japan lies Iturup Island, part of the Kuril Islands chain. But the true mystery surrounds the nearby island of Okinoshima, which locals call the "Island Where No...
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