Smithsonian Magazine: November 2007
Features
Unearthing Egypt's Greatest Temple
Discovering the grandeur of the monument built 3,400 years ago
By Andrew Lawler
The Gates of Paradise
Panels from the Italian Renaissance sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti tour the U.S. for the first time
By Arthur Lubow
A Prayer for the Ganges
Across India, environmentalists battle a tide of troubles to clean up a river revered as the source of life
By Joshua Hammer
On the Prowl
Rare jaguar sightings have sparked a debate about how to ensure the cats' survival in the American West
By Jeremy Kahn
Point. Shoot. See
In Zambia, an NYC photographer teaches kids orphaned by AIDS how to take pictures. They teach him about living
By Jess Blumberg
Abandoned Ship
What really happened aboard the Mary Celeste? More than a century after her crew went missing, a scenario is emerging
By Jess Blumberg
Galloping Ghosts
In Poland's primeval forest, a Nazi scientist re-created an extinct breed of horse. Or did he?
By Diane Ackerman
Command Performance
With U.S. forces in Korea beleaguered and demoralized in 1950, American prestige and the future of South Korea hung in the balance. Then Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway took charge
By David Halberstam
Departments
Indelible Images
Trunk Show
Even in 1992, Steve McCurry says, Kabul was full of surprises
By Robert M. Poole
Phenomena
Abandoned Ship
What really happened aboard the Mary Celeste? More than a century after her crew went missing, a scenario is emerging
By Jess Blumberg
Interview
Interview: Steven Amstrup
A new study spotlights the plight of the polar bear, but there's still time to help the beloved creature
By Laura Helmuth
Presence of Mind
Who's Fueling Whom?
Why the biofuels movement could run out of gas
By Richard Conniff
Wild Things
Wild Things
Life as We Know It
By Jess Blumberg, T.A. Frail, Megan Gambino and Laura Helmuth
Points of Interest
Points of Interest
This month's guide to notable American destinations and happenings
By Eric Jaffe
Around the Mall
Beading the Way
How Joyce Growing Thunder Fogarty created one of the centerpieces for the National Museum of American Indian's "Identity by Design" exhibition
By Jess Blumberg
The Object at Hand
Sky King
Pan Am founder Juan Trippe turned Americans into frequent fliers
By Owen Edwards
Q&A
Chip Kidd
Chip Kidd, a graphic designer and author, received a 2007 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for one of his innovative book covers
By Jess Blumberg
