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is studded with candied fruit and raisins, reflecting its origins as a luxurious treat for Renaissance nobility in Milan. Steeped in legend and tradition, the name "panettone" likely derives from ...

The Tomb was located in the North-West Palace of the Ancient city of Kalkhu (modern city of Nimrud). The city of Kalkhu was a capital of the Assyrian Empire for over 150 years until King Sargon moved ...

When people tell me they don’t care for panettone, it’s usually because they paid a pretty price for a dusty imported loaf pocked with unidentified fruity rubble plucked from the walls of ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...

The head of Syria’s Network for Human Rights says only 33,000 detainees have been found and freed from Syria’s prisons.