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National Geographic June 1988

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The Eternal Etruscans
Three thousand years ago the Etruscans forged Italy’s first civilization. Writer Rick Gore and photographer O. Louis Mazzatenta explore that little- known culture and what is left behind. With paintings by James M. Gurney.
Ellesmere Island- -Life in the High Arctic { Life in the High Arctic- -Ellesmere Island}
Biologist L. David Mech documents the struggle of wildlife to survive in Canada’s northernmost reach. Photographs by Jim Brandenburg.
Palio, Siena’s Wild 90- Second Horse Race { Palio, Siena’s Centuries- Old 90- second Horse Race}
Citizens of Siena, once an Etruscan center, continue a danger- filled tradition of horse racing. Photos by O. Louis Mazzatenta.
Yorktown Shipwreck
Scuttled in the Battle of Yorktown, a British naval transport yields clues to 18th- century ships and tactics, relates archeologist John D. Broadwater. Photos by Bates Littlehales.
Coelacanths, the Fish That Time Forgot
A fish known only from fossils and believed to be extinct was found living in the Indian Ocean in 1938. Now a German teams dives in a submersible to study coelacanths in their deep haunts. By marine biologist Hans Fricke.
Guatemala: A Fragile Democracy
After years of mismanagement and guerrilla warfare, this key Central American nation opts for civilian democratic rule, and now faces the challenge of unifying its diverse peoples. Griffin Smith, Jr. , reports on encounters with the unexpected. Photogra;

National Geographic June 1985

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Great Salt Lake: The Flooding Desert { No Way to Run a Desert: The Rising Great Salt Lake}
Fed by successive seasons of record snowmelt and rain, the great Salt Lake overspreads its desert basin, threatening the handiwork of man. Rick Gore and Jim Richardson report on a continuing crisis.
Along Afghanistan’s War- torn Frontier
Daring the border, Debra Denker and Steve McCurry join Afghans who fight and those who flee in a stalemate war that has killed countless civilians and forced a quarter of the population into exile.
Fair Skies for the Cayman Islands
In a Caribbean mecca for scuba divers, financiers, and tourists, Peter Benchley and David Doubilet meet an island people in touch with their past and planning a bright future.
U. S. -Mexican Border: Life on the Line { Life on the Line: U. S. -Mexican Border}
Despite illegal crossings, drug smuggling, and neighborly tensions, life along the border brings benefits to both nations. Mark Kramer and Danny Lehman travel the line from the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico.
Java’s Wildlife Returns { Return of Java’s Wildlife: In the Shadow of Krakatau}
A century after the eruption of Krakatau devastated a wide swath of the Javanese mainland, Dieter and Mary Palge find that plant and animal life has returned in abundance to an area left desolate, now a national park.

National Geographic April 1982

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Across the Pacific by Balloon { The Flight of [ Double Eagle V] ; First Across the Pacific: The Flight of [ Double Eagle V] }
Despite the burden of tons of ice, a gigantic balloon successfully crosses the world’s largest ocean. Ben L. Abruzzo, captain on the historic passage, describes the hazardous ups and downs of the flight.
The Civilizing River Seine { The Civilizing Seine}
Journeying along the River Seine and through 2, 500 years of French history, Charles McCarry and David L. Arnold follow this stream of legend and love from its source in the hills of Burgundy to its end in the English Channel.
Eternal Sinai
Uprooted settlements and disrupted lives mark the final stages of Israel’s return to Egypt of a land captured in the six- day Arab- Israeli war of 1967. Harvey Arden reports on this biblical great and terrible wilderness. Photographs by David Doubilet;
New Light on Humpback Whales { New Light on the Singing Whales}
Courtship seems to move male humpbacks to song, and their music reveals broader migrations than had been thought. Zoologist Roger Payne sets the stage for remarkable photographs by Flip Nicklin.
Home to the Heart of Kentucky
Nadine Brewer returns to the land of her childhood and finds some timeless ways and values persisting amid growing towns and a prospering countryside. Photographs by William Strode.

National Geographic September 1978

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A Most Uncommon Town: Columbus, Indiana
For Columbus, Indiana, modern architectural masterpieces have reshaped the look and life- style of an entire community. David Jeffery and J. Bruce Baumann capture the result.
Solo to the Pole
A daring Japanese, Naomi Uemura, challenges the Arctic to become the first to reach the top of the world alone. With photographs by the author and Ira Block.
Syria Tests a New Stability { Syria: Amid the Ruins of Ancient Empires a Young Nation Tests a New Stability}
At war since its infancy, a young nation at a crossroads of ancient civilizations learns to meet the demands of a modern world. Howard La Fay and James L. Stanfield provide a closeup look.
New Mexico’s Mountains of Mystery
In the fastness of the Sangre de Cristo, author Robert Laxalt finds the spirit and language of old Spain still alive, though changing under 20th- century pressures. Photographed by Craig Aurness.
The Joy of Pigs
The delighted owner of a 225- pound pet minipig extols those much- maligned barnyard wallowers – – hogs – – as paragons of intelligence, cleanliness, and all- round benefit to man. By Kent Britt, with photographs by George F. Mobley.
Undersea Wonders of the Galapagos
Gerard Wellington and David Doubilet explore a fascinating world that Darwin never saw.

National Geographic December 1978

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Ancient Ebla Opens a New Chapter of History { Splendor of an Unknown Empire: Ebla; Ebla: Splendor of an Unknown Empire}
Excavators in northwestern Syria unearth a great city called Ebla, seat of a realm that rivaled the mightiest early civilizations, writes Howard La Fay. Photographs by James L. Stanfield, paintings by Louis S. Glanzman.
Crossing the Atlantic by Balloon { [Double Eagle II] Leaps the Atlantic; [ Double Eagle II] Has Landed! }
Three enterprising Americans, Ben L. Ambruzzo, Maxie L. Anderson, and Larry Newman, describe their pioneer flight to Europe, a feat that eluded aeronauts for more than a century. With photographs by Double Eagle II crew and others.
Ontario: Canada’s Keystone
David S. Boyer and Sam Abell travel from metropolis to muskeg across the province that pulses as the heartland of Canadian unity.
Epitaph for a Killer? { Total Victory Over Smallpox? ; Smallpox- -Epitaph for a Killer? }
After an all- out global war, smallpox threatens no more, reports Dr. Donald A. Henderson, who led the successful campaign. The only live smallpox virus now left is held in laboratories. Photographer Marion Kaplan records the final victory in Africa.
Winterkeeping in Yellowstone
When tourist throngs leave and the snows come, R. Steven Fuller and his family stay behind to guard shuttered cabins and lodges above the Yellowstone River. It’s a lonely life, but full of beauty and special reward.
Thor Heyerdahl Sails in the Wake of Sumerian Voyagers { [Tigris] Sails Into the Past}
In a ship of reeds based on craft of 5, 000 years ago, explorer Thor Heyerdahl follows the wake of forgotten Sumerian mariners. Carlo Mauri and other crewmen photograph the voyage.

National Geographic December 1975

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The Maya { Resurrecting the Grandeur of Tikal}
William R. Coe recounts the 14- year struggle of archeologists to lay bare a crumbled, jungle- shrouded metropolis in Guatemala.
The Maya { Riddle of the Glyphs}
Deciphering Maya writing can mean a deadly race between scholars and art thieves. National Geographic archeologist George E. Stuart and photographer Otis Imboden report on progress in unlocking the mystery of Maya hieroglyphs.
The Maya { The Maya, Children of Time}
Staggering accomplishments in art, architecture, astronomy, and mathematics marked the ancient civilization of the Maya. The glory is gone, but ways of the past still guide their descendants’ lives. By Howard La Fay, with photographs by David Alan Harv;
The Maya { A Traveler’s Tale of Ancient Tikal}
Artist Peter Spier re- creates the daily life of that long- abandoned Maya city, which in its day rivaled the splendor of Rome. Text by Alice J. Hall.
Rafting Down the Yukon
Four young adventurers relive the Klondike gold rush in the course of a two- year, 1, 850- mile river odyssey. Keith Tryck and Robert Clark tell the tale.
Iowa’s Enduring Amana Colonies
Descendants of a German religious sect succeed in clinging to the past while living comfortably in the present. By Laura Longley Babb, with photographs by Steve Raymer.
New Energy from an Old Source: the Wind { Can We Harness the Wind? }
In today’s crucial search for more energy, engineers look again at power our forefathers used. By Roger Hamilton and Emory Kristof.