Smithsonian Magazine: June 2006
Features
Below the Rim
Humans have roamed the Grand Canyon for more than 8,000 years. But the chasm is only slowly yielding clues to the ancient peoples who lived below the rim
By David Roberts
An Assassin's Final Hours
John Wilkes Booth, cornered in a Virginia barn, wanted to go down fighting: "I have too great a soul to die like a criminal."
By James L. Swanson
Learning from Tai Shan
The giant panda born at Washington, D.C.'s National Zoo has charmed animal lovers. Now he's teaching scientists more than they had expected
By Laura Tangley
Wyeth's World
In the wake of his death, controversy still surrounds painter Andrew Wyeth's stature as a major American artist
By Henry Adams
Beyond the Wall: Berlin
Nearly 17 years after the wall came down, Berliners are still trying to escape its shadow
By Tom Mueller
Time and Again
In 1984, Peter Feldstein set out to photograph every last person in Oxford, Iowa. Two decades later, he's doing it again, creating a unique portrait of heartland America
By Stephen G. Bloom
Who Was Mary Magdalene?
From the writing of the New Testament to the filming of The Da Vinci Code, her image has been repeatedly conscripted, contorted and contradicted. But through it all, one question has gone largely unanswered
By James Carroll
Departments
Indelible Images
Coal Miner's Daughter
"I'm 15. I'm getting married. My mother doesn't want me to get married." But that's just the beginning of the story.
By Maryalice Yakutchik
Phenomena & Curiosities
The Sound of Hoofs
In a breathtaking spectacle, wildebeest by the millions are on the move this month in the Serengeti
By Virginia Morell
The Object at Hand
Dead End
Fans of a battery-powered emissions free sedan mourn its passing
By Owen Edwards
Wild Things
Wild Things: Life As We Know It
From chimpanzee communication to paper wasps and humans fleeing Vesuvius
By Smithsonian magazine
Interview
Neil Shubin, Paleontologist, University of Chicago
The "missing link?" At least a step in a new direction
By Laura Helmuth
The Last Page
Land of the Wee
Where else can you decorate the bordello and exercise godlike powers?
By Ann Hodgman
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