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THE SURPRISING FACE
OF AN ANCIENT

Saturday, March 25, 2023

In today’s newsletter, we examine a face that challenges assumptions, explore the majestic Amazon, read tarot cards ... and discover sunken ships far from sea.

7,000 year old woman

PHOTOGRAPH BY GERT GERMERAAD, TRELLEBORGS MUSEUM

Dark-skinned. Pale-eyed. This face stares at you to tell the true story of ancient Scandinavia.

Some 7,000 years ago she was buried sitting cross-legged, on a bed of antlers, with a pendant and a belt with more than 100 animal teeth.

Who was she? A royal? A shaman? And what modern tools did a forensic artist use to rebuild her face?

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STORIES WE'RE FOLLOWING

Scientists examine a pink dolphin

PHOTOGRAPH BY TOM PESCHAK

From the Andes to the Atlantic, explore the Amazon’s aquatic realm (above, scientists examine a pink dolphin in the Amazonian rivers)

What we know about the real Jesus

Sleep controls everything—from our sexual desires to our moods

How weight-shaming often prompts weight gain

These are 5 unique traditions Muslims do to celebrate Ramadan

Mysterious shipwrecks found—far from the sea

These orcas killing sharks—and removing their livers

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Mark Thiessen in Montana

PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK THIESSEN

An episode you don't want to miss: The title "Nat Geo photographer" encompasses everything you think it does—and more: Mark Thiessen has made it rain indoors, captured forest fires in Montana (above), and traveled around the world. He’s also, he tells our weekly podcast Overheard, a beekeeper.

PHOTO OF THE DAY

Giant sequoias in the starlight

PHOTOGRAPH BY KEITH LADZINSKI

The future of forests: A cluster of giant sequoia trees frames a towering white pine under the stars in California's Sequoia National Park. Giant sequoias are among the tallest and oldest trees on Earth and can be found only along a small portion of the Sierra Nevada. They were featured in this Nat Geo examination of the challenges facing today’s forests.

SEE THE BIG TREES

LAST GLIMPSE

A woman presses a staff to her forehead at Stonehenge

PHOTOGRAPH BY ALICE ZOO, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Crystals, tarot cards, astrology, herbal magic: Paganism is gaining popularity, with 1.5 million people in the U.S. identifying with the community. The religion—after centuries of persecution—remained a fringe practice until the 1960s, and has resurfaced even more today in pop culture thanks to TikTok, Nat Geo reports. (Pictured above, a woman presses a staff to her forehead during the autumn equinox at Stonehenge.)

Related: Stonehenge was just part of a prehistoric building boom

WHERE THE PAGANS ARE

Today’s soundtrack: Genius of Love, The Tom Tom Club

This newsletter has been curated and edited by David Beard, Hannah Farrow, and Jen Tse. Amanda Williams-Bryant, Alisher Egamov, Rita Spinks, and Jeremy Brandt-Vorel also contributed this week. Thanks for reading!

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