“Socks are key. Dry socks in fact. They’re the most important thing you need to pack,” my guide Giorgi says nonchalantly. “You should never go hiking without an extra pair.” I nod approvingly but ...

I n a recent study about ancient ancestors, archaeologists elaborated on the earliest evidence of indigo dyeing, showing that ...

Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 37, No. 4, Focus Issue: Implications of Out- and In-Migration for Sustainable Development in Mountains (Nov 2017), pp. 415-424 (10 pages) Many rural mountain ...

The Caucasus has long been a crossroads of civilisations. But why have the genes of its original inhabitants changed so ...

High in the Caucasus Mountains where Europe and Asia intersect, cowbells clang through grassy valleys, glaciers crown jagged peaks, and sunlight glints off of turquoise lakes. Here, at 6,000 feet in ...

Behind the wild, gloomy Caucasus Mountains lies a sunny valley that not only pours oil into Russia’s lap but has cradled many of Russia’s top leaders. From Georgia, one of a multitude of small ...

In Georgia, tourism has become a key sector of the economy, especially since the country opened up for private investment after independence in 1991. Guesthouses, the focus of this paper, present a ...