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Katie Hunt, CNN Ancient Egypt exerts a powerful pull on the imagination of every generation, refusing to stay buried in the past. But much of what we now take for granted about this world of mummies, pyramids and tombs had for centuries remained shrouded in silence until French soldiers stumbled upon a broken slab of

By Jessie Yeung, CNN Across Asia, borders are opening and quarantine measures are lifting as even the last few countries clinging to Covid restrictions embrace a return to travel. Except, that is, in one country: China. After having their economies battered by nearly three years of halted travel, several countries in the region have reopened

By Hafsa Khalil, CNN Polar bears pottering around a deserted house, magical morels on Mount Olympus and the final moments of a much-loved mountain gorilla are just some of the winning images from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. But the honor of receiving the competition’s much coveted grand title award for 2022 goes

By Forrest Brown, CNN The high prices, the canceled flights, the booked-up lodging and rental cars. The summer of travel chaos still seems hot and fresh somehow. But it’s time to look forward, for there’s another crunch time looming less than two months away: the 2022 winter holiday travel season. So put away your T-shirts,

Melanie Hamilton, CNN A tiny wooden hut with smoke sprouting from its chimney sits at the base of a windswept hill dotted with lambs. Inside is a large iron cauldron, scuffed from centuries of use and smothered in flames. As its interior bubbles, mountain barley and wild hops are married together to create a delightfully

By Peter Yeung A fraction of a second after William Sargent’s torch light catches the unmistakable glint of snake skin he roars into action, sliding on a protective glove and launching himself into the dense green jungle of northern Hong Kong. The 46-year-old re-emerges on the paved trail moments later with a many-banded krait, also

Janelle Davis, CNN. Recipe from the Ventra family. For the Tucci family, a feast is not complete without one Italian staple. Zeppole are deep-fried doughnuts that Stanley Tucci calls “addictively delicious.” While shooting “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy,” he met up with his Italian relatives in Calabria — the southwest “toe” of the Italian peninsula.

By Lilit Marcus, CNN This week in travel: There’s a new global cocktail capital, some fat bears are porking up as much as possible before hibernation season, and CNN gets a look inside one of the world’s most famous clocks. Bottoms up For the first time in the history of the World’s 50 Best Bars

Leah Dolan, CNN On Wednesday, paparazzi shots of Sarah Jessica Parker and Kristin Davis filming scenes from the second season of the HBO Max series “And Just Like That…” ricocheted across the internet. (HBO Max is owned by CNN’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery.) In her role as Carrie Bradshaw, Parker was spotted dressed in

By Marnie Hunter, CNN New York’s finest dining was honored Thursday with the announcement of 2022’s Michelin star designations. There are now 19 new Michelin-starred restaurants in New York City. Two restaurants, Al Coro and Saga, made their Michelin debut with an impressive two stars, which designate “excellent cuisine, worth a detour.” Al Coro, overseen

Barry Neild and Madalena Araujo, CNN What’s it like visiting a town in Italy where more than half the population has the same name as you? For actor Stanley Tucci, accompanying his elderly parents to his ancestral homeland in the southern Italian region of Calabria, it was “very emotional.” The Tucci family made a pilgrimage

By Tetsu Sukegawa, CNN Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s famous yellow pumpkin sculpture was reinstalled on October 4th on Naoshima island after it was swept into the sea and badly damaged during a typhoon last summer. Local residents, students and officials gathered to celebrate the art island’s trademark sculpture as it was placed back on the

Fiona Sinclair Scott and Samantha Tse, CNN The spectacle of fashion was on full display during Paris Fashion Week, with celebrity appearances and staged “viral moments” threatening to distract onlookers entirely from the main event: clothes. With memorable highlights including Cher’s cameo at Balmain and Bella Hadid’s spray-painted Coperni dress, there was no shortage of

Amarachi Orie, CNN One of Piet Mondrian’s iconic abstract paintings sold for $51 million at Sotheby’s New York on Monday, setting a new auction record for the Dutch artist’s work. Featuring his signature blue, red, white and yellow squares, “Composition No. II” had been advertised as being among “the most significant” artworks by the painter

Rob Picheta, CNN French author Annie Ernaux has won the Nobel Prize in literature, organizers announced in Stockholm on Thursday. Ernaux, 82, has written a number of celebrated novels, many of which are autobiographical. Her first book, “Les armoires vides,” was published in French in 1974, and in English as “Cleaned Out” in 1990. Her

Francesca Street, CNN Asia Pacific is home to some of the world’s most beloved travel destinations, from the natural beauty of Bali to the urban buzz of Singapore. These dreamy vacation hotspots — teamed with the region’s business power — secured Asia Pacific the title of world’s largest travel region for much of the past

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN In best-selling novelist Celeste Ng’s vision of a near-future or alternate America, children of dissident families are displaced from their parents, anti-Asian attacks become a terrible, inescapable fixture of American life and librarians form a secret underground network of rebellion as the stewards of information considered seditious under a sweeping new law.

Julia Buckley, CNN Just when you thought the summer of tourists behaving badly was over, another person on vacation wrecks another priceless artifact. This time it’s the turn of an American tourist who smashed no fewer than two ancient Roman sculptures into pieces at the Vatican on Wednesday. The episode took place in the Museo

Scottie Andrew, CNN What takes many artists weeks or months to create took Kim Jung Gi mere hours. The acclaimed South Korean artist crafted sprawling, intricately detailed scenes with unbelievable speed, often before a live audience. He narrated as he worked, sharing his process with his rapt fans as he created a fully realized piece

Samantha Tse, CNN Speaking backstage Monday after the brand’s open-air runway debut in Paris at the Petit Palais, Zimmermann’s creative director Nicky Zimmermann told CNN Style that, after nearly three years of travel restrictions due to Covid-19, the brand was ready to do “something different.” And Paris Fashion Week was a natural choice. “We made

Tim Blanks When he remodeled the garden of his home in Milan, Giorgio Armani added a pavilion, a wall of bamboo and an imposing pair of Japanese maples, transforming an awkwardly inclined courtyard into the kind of spare, contemplative space you might find at the heart of a ryokan (a traditional Japanese inn) in Kyoto.