CURRENT ISSUE
March 2009
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Features
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Fenestrelle Fortress, Italy
The Great Wall of the Alps
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Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem
Holy War
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Chan Chan, Peru
End of an Empire
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The Hill of Tara, Ireland
Where Kings Once Tread
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The City of Hasankeyf, Turkey
A Sunken Treasure?
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Xumishan Grottoes, China
Under the Gaze of Buddha
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Historic Route 66, U.S.A.
The Mother Road
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Endangered Site: Dampier Rock Complex, Australia
Written in Stone
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Visoki Decani Monastery, Kosovo
A Medieval Refuge
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Jaisalmer Fort, India
The Golden Stronghold
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Bingham's List
As Jews in France tried to flee the Nazi occupation, an American diplomat named Harry Bingham defied his own government to speed them to safety
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Out of Rembrandt's Shadow
Renowned in his day, Jan Lievens was later eclipsed by his friend and rival. A new exhibition establishes his reputation as an old master
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Getting Past the Troubles
A decade after Protestants and Catholics agreed on a peace treaty in Northern Ireland, both sides are adjusting to a hopeful new reality
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Happy As Clams
In the Pacific Northwest, fishermen and others are cashing in on the growing yen for a funny-looking mollusk turned worldwide delicacy
Departments
Monument Valley Girl
Cindy Sherman's self-portrait plays with our notions of an archetypal West
Devil's Half Acre
The excavation of a notorious jail recalls Richmond, Virginia's leading role in the slave trade
Steeped in Story
The lyrical novelist says the city is more than her hometown, it's her life
Wild Things: Life as We Know It
Mosquitoes, New Zealand flightless birds, pink lizards and more
Under the Radar
The five-pound RQ-14A takes high-tech reconnaissance to new heights
Let a Thousand Bobbleheads Bloom
How China's "Great Helmsman" became the King of Kitsch