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November 2007

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Unearthing Egypt's Greatest Temple

Discovering the grandeur of the monument built 3,400 years ago

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The Gates of Paradise

Panels from the Italian Renaissance sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti tour the U.S. for the first time

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A Prayer for the Ganges

Across India, environmentalists battle a tide of troubles to clean up a river revered as the source of life

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On the Prowl

Rare jaguar sightings have sparked a debate about how to ensure the cats' survival in the American West

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Point. Shoot. See

In Zambia, an NYC photographer teaches kids orphaned by AIDS how to take pictures. They teach him about living

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Abandoned Ship

What really happened aboard the Mary Celeste? More than a century after her crew went missing, a scenario is emerging

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Galloping Ghosts

In Poland's primeval forest, a Nazi scientist re-created an extinct breed of horse. Or did he?

The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War

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

Departments

Phenomena

Abandoned Ship

What really happened aboard the Mary Celeste? More than a century after her crew went missing, a scenario is emerging

Indelible Images

Trunk Show

Even in 1992, Steve McCurry says, Kabul was full of surprises

Interview

Interview: Steven Amstrup

A new study spotlights the plight of the polar bear, but there's still time to help the beloved creature

Presence of Mind

Who's Fueling Whom?

Why the biofuels movement could run out of gas

From the Editor

Consequential

Cold winters, hot jaguars and a night to remember

Letters

Letters

Readers respond to the September issue

Wild Things

Wild Things

Life as We Know It

Points of Interest

Points of Interest

This month's guide to notable American destinations and happenings

This Month in History

November Anniversaries

Momentous or merely memorable

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

From the Castle

From the Castle

Small World

Around the Mall

Jukebox

The Robeson Spirit

The Object at Hand

Sky King

This antique globe was once owned by the fabled airline executive, who ushered in modern air travel

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

Around the Mall

News Flash

What's Up

What's Up

Chinese artworks, wartime bonds and sun gods

The Last Page

Turning a New Leaf

The story of one man's fall