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
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."
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
Wyeth's World
After seven decades, critics still differ over Andrew Wyeth's stature as an artist. A new exhibition stirs the debate
Beyond the Wall: Berlin
Nearly 17 years after the wall came down, Berliners are still trying to escape its shadow
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
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
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.
Phenomena & Curiosities
The Sound of Hoofs
In a breathtaking spectacle, wildebeest by the millions are on the move this month in the Serengeti
Wild Things
Wild Things: Life As We Know It
From chimpanzee communication to paper wasps and humans fleeing Vesuvius
Interview
Neil Shubin, Paleontologist, University of Chicago
The "missing link?" At least a step in a new direction
Advertisement
In The Magazine
July 2008
Become a Smithsonian Media Advisor!
 |
Join the Smithsonian Media Advisor Panel |
Smithsonian Journeys
Special Offers
Antarctica Family Adventure
