Paolo Verzone

Oct 30, 2024 | nationalgeographic.com | Monica Suma |Paolo Verzone

Exploring Transylvania comes with promises of medieval citadels, fortified churches, and legendary castles. It’s a genuine retreat for nature lovers amidst the majestic Carpathian Mountains, but since October 2022, the new Via Transilvanica invites active travelers to explore the essence of Romanian culture. The 870-mile (1,400-km) trail snakes through time-warped villages and vast, ancient forests from Bukovina in the northeast to Drobeta-Turnu Severin in the southwest by the Danube River.

Dec 2, 2023 | thetimes.co.uk | Paolo Verzone

Last month marked 101 years since the British archaeologist Howard Carter uncovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, inspiring a gold rush of foreign archaeologists looking for similar glory among Egypt’s ancient tombs and chambers. The country’s buried treasure is no longer being dug up by overseas adventurers.

Aug 22, 2023 | nationalgeographic.com | Paolo Verzone |Jean-Pierre Isbouts

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1946 has been called the greatest manuscript discovery of modern times. Some 100,000 fragments from around 900 manuscripts, dating from the third century B.C. to 68 A.D., were uncovered in clay pots tucked away in 11 caves in the West Bank’s Qumran region near the Dead Sea. Most scholars believe they were written and copied by a mystic Jewish sect known as the Essenes.