Visit the Mediterranean’s largest island to relive moments from White Lotus, taste wine atop Mount Etna, and explore the birthplace of traditional Italian foods, including cannoli.
Historian Michael Scott journeys through Sicily to find out how 3,000 years of conquest and settlement have shaped the identity of the island we see today.
"I've been digging through records at Ellis Island, with ancestry sites, and going back and forth to Sicily," she recounts, a testament to her dedication to uncovering her family's history.
Joshua Birk specializes in political history and cultural history across religious boundaries in the medieval Mediterranean world. His book, Norman Kings of Sicily and the Rise of the Anti-Islamic ...
Sicily's coasts were buffeted by 5m-high (16ft) waves as Cyclone Apollo approached Streets were flooded and train lines blocked as Cyclone Apollo approached the Italian island of Sicily on Friday ...
By convincing the Germans that the Allies planned to attack Greece instead of Sicily, they helped change ... a deception which changed the course of history. Montagu and Cholmondeley prepare ...