Roasting peppers over open fires, bubbling chocolate in ceramic bowls, and blue maize hanging above doorways. These are sights and scents that make you feel like Oaxaca is one of a kind in the world. Throughout the centuries, this region has fought to keep its indigenous Zapotec traditions alive, transforming this colonial city into a destination rich in stories, culinary traditions, and artisan practices that go further back than the arrival of the Spanish. For 10 days, I ex

For centuries, the mythical city of Troy from Homer’s Iliad was pure myth. However, by the 19th century, archaeologists and explorers began to wonder whether those legends had some archaeological truth. It remained speculation until one man, Heinrich Schliemann, decided to test his luck. In a mound in Western Turkiye, near the modern city of Çanakkale, he began excavations in the 1870s. What he found shocked the world. Fortifications with evidence of destruction, golden artif

It’s not every day that you get to hang out with a 3,000-year-old pharaoh. This particular day was one of my most anticipated of the whole Egypt trip—I couldn’t believe I was finally fulfilling a childhood dream. I’m not the first visitor to Egypt to share the sentiment. For thousands of years, the Valley of the Kings has been a symbol of Egyptian power and mystery, a secret valley scattered with tombs of some of the most influential figures in ancient history. Explorers and