A frybread meal at a Navajo powwow.

Frybread

This seemingly simple food is a complicated symbol in Navajo culture

The painted replica of a c. 490 B.C. archer (at the Parthenon in Athens) testifies to German archaeologist Vinzenz Brinkmann’s painstaking research into the ancient sculpture’s colors. The original statue came from the Temple of Aphaia on the Greek island of Aegina.

True Colors

Archaeologist Vinzenz Brinkmann insists his eye-popping reproductions of ancient Greek sculptures are right on target

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What’s Up

“Crew comforts” are of utmost importance to NASA engineer Robert Howard Jr., who designs lunar living quarters.

Lunar Living

The quest to return to the moon ignites new hope and vision at the 50-year-old space agency

G. Wayne Clough, Smithsonian Institution’s 12th Secretary

From the Castle

A Look Forward

Leifer's "handy" father helped rig the camera that caught the Dodgers' Willie Davis in mid-slide

It’s in the Bag

Sports Illustrated photographer Neil Leifer hit a grand slam when he set out to capture a double play on film

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Letters

Readers Respond to the April and May Issues

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Water Works

Michelangelo

For Michelangelo, Quite a Tome

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On the Job: Courtroom Sketch Artist

Decades of depicting defendants, witnesses and judges have given Andy Austin a unique perspective on Chicago

David Roberts

David Roberts on “The Brink of War”

Paul Raffaele

Paul Raffaele on “Sharks”

Ulrich Boser

Ulrich Boser on “Diamonds in Demand”

The drawing room of Sir John Soane’s Museum

Small House Museums

Details on visiting these unique institutions

“I always see them as a world unto themselves,” says Crewdson of his photographs. “They exist in their own parameters.”

Gregory Crewdson’s Epic Effects

The photographer uses movie production techniques to create “in-between moments.” But you’ll have to supply the story line

Library dining room of the Sir John Soane Museum

Europe’s Small House Museums

Sir John Soane’s Museum in London and other idiosyncratic house museums in Europe yield pleasures beyond their size

Y.Z. Kami's portrait of an individual deep in meditation, exuding tranquility

What’s Up

Peter Marra, with a cardinal.

Making History

Early Birds

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Robert Bullard

Environmental Justice Advocate

President Theodore Roosevelt commissioned the double eagle in 1905. He later pronounced the gold piece to be “the best coin that has been struck for 2,000 years.”

Golden Grail

Few U.S. coins are rarer than the never circulated 1933 double eagle, melted down after the nation dropped the gold standard

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