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Who wore the golden pectoral of Monte Albán?

This Mixtec masterpiece was one of more than 120 gold artifacts discovered in a tomb in southern Mexico. Rich in symbolism and iconography, it has led to heated debate over the identity of its owner.

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MICHAEL FRESE

A newly discovered prehistoric rainforest is filled with spectacular fossils

Spiders fossilized down to their leg hairs. Fish still engorged with bellies full of midges. A sawfly’s head covered in pollen, presumably after feasting on a flower’s nectar. There are hundreds of these amazingly well-preserved finds.

SEE THE FOSSILS

COLOUR-PRINTED ENGRAVING VIA UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/UIG/BRIDGEMAN IMAGES

3,600-year-old tsunami 'time capsule' sheds light on one of humanity's greatest disasters

The volcanic eruption of Santorini rocked the Mediterranean and changed history. Now there is crucial—and chilling—new information about the Bronze Age cataclysm.

PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF THE GEORGE C. MARSHALL FOUNDATION, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA.

The woman who saved the Americas from the Nazis

Pioneering codebreaker Elizebeth Friedman—or "Lady Manhunter," as she was known—put gangsters behind bars and smashed Nazi spy rings in South America. Then, her role was erased by none other than J. Edgar Hoover.

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She developed an intuition, a way of thinking that made her one of the best in the world at seeing the shapes of words in a field of letters that nobody else could make sense of.

Jason Fagone, author of The Woman Who Smashed Codes

From: The woman who saved the Americas from the Nazis

ILLUSTRATION BY WOODRUFF ET AL. (2022) AND CORBIN RAINBOLT

A Jurassic giant had such a nasty cough, the proof was left on its bones

And 145 million years later, scientists were able to pinpoint what exactly ailed the poor sauropod, who also likely experienced a fever, runny nose, and weight loss.

A FIRST FOR SCIENCE

WOVEN PORTRAIT: DAVID SAMUEL STERN. PHOTOGRAPHED AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK

Will the real Julius Caesar please stand up?

He is arguably the most famous Roman who ever lived: conqueror of Gaul, charismatic dictator, populist autocrat, and, finally, victim of assassination on the ides of March, 44 B.C. Tracking down the likeness of the real Caesar has proved an irresistible sport.

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PHOTOGRAPH BY NIKOLOZ MCHEDLIDZE

Year after year, these shepherds lead their flocks on a perilous journey

It's a 155-mile migration from the winter pastures in the Shiraki Valley to Tusheti, an isolated and atmospheric region of peaks in Georgia's northeast. Today this way of life is fading as a new generation is drawn to more profitable occupations and modern ways.

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MORE GREAT READS

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When Edmund Hillary went in search of the Yeti (Atlas Obscura) ››

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