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French cuisine is characterized by its extreme diversity. The French food is considered the most elegant style and refined in the world and known for its classic and Provencal styles. Many of the greatest chefs in the world are masters of French cuisine. Still, the techniques of French cooking has been a major influence in almost all Western cuisine, [...]

‘The systemic destruction of Kashgar’s iconic buildings in the Xinjian region, and the much-publicized assault on the Muslim Uighur culture’ are just some examples of how China wages a grand campaign of cultural assimilation that it deems it badly needs for the creation of a ‘more stable’ China. This is ‘a state that can only be achieved, [...]

Prior to its publication next month, The Independent on Sunday was able to access the 6,700-paged report entitled 2009 State of the Future which is ‘backed by a diverse range of leading organizations such as UNESCO, the World Bank, the US army, and the Rockefeller Foundation.’ The report, composed of contributions from 2,700 experts around the [...]

With its 20 kilometers of pristine valley, Dresden owned the famous UNESCO label since 2004. It was a crowning reward of years of meticulous reconstruction work of its Baroque gems that were reduced to a pile of stones in 1945 by the Allied bombings. Now, the Dresden Elbe Valley has to take the bitter pill. UNESCO recently dropped the place from its [...]

Visiting Jordan equals a trip to the roots of Mediterranean culture. Inhabited since prehistoric times by many people who settled along the banks of the Jordan River, the country was a land of passage of the greatest civilizations – Egyptians, Babylonians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, and Byzantines. This is where Christ was baptized, and where Abraham [...]

Nearly 22,500 people climbed the Pyramid of the Sun in the archaeological site of Teotihuacan in central Mexico, to commemorate the arrival of the spring equinox this year, informed sources from the National Institute of Anthropology and History. Pyramid of the Sun, the massive archaeological edifice, was declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO [...]