Argentina’s Zuccardi Valle de Uco tops world’s 50 best vineyards for 2020 ranking

World’s 50 best vineyards for 2020 revealed: Last year’s Argentinian winner comes out top again while Napa winery takes fifth spot and New Zealand snares the regional Australasia crown Argentina’s Zuccardi Valle de Uco was crowned World’s Best Vineyard by a prestigious global voting academy During an online Monday-night ceremony Bodega Garzon in Uruguay was … Read more

Build your own island getaway!

Build your own island getaway! Author explores the globe’s blissful utopias in a fascinating new book Alastair Bonnett explores islands around the world in a new geography book He visits The World, a collection of 300 islands off the coast of Dubai  British author is met by staff complaining about the size of India’s representation … Read more

Lasers, X-rays and infrared are helping to discover the secrets of ancient Egyptian mummies

Modern technology is ‘shining a light’ on what daily life was like in ancient Egypt by using lasers, X-rays, and infrared to examine the bones of mummies.  A number of bone samples dating back between 2,000 and 4,000 years have been tested using the Advanced Light Source at Berkeley Labs in California.  It works by … Read more