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April 2007
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Raising Alexandria
More than 2,000 years after Alexander the Great founded the city, archaeologists are discovering its fabled remains, from the likely site of Cleopatra's palace to pieces of an astonishing lighthouse that was one of the Seven Wonders of the World
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City of the Imagination
Andrew Lawler, author of "Raising Alexandria" talks about the hidden history of Egypt's fabled seaside capital
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Curse of the Devil's Dogs
Viewed as pests, Africa's wild dogs have nearly been wiped out. But thanks to new conservation efforts, the canines appear ready to make a comeback
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Digitizing the Hanging Court
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey is an epic chronicle of crime and vice in early London. Now anyone can search all 52 million words
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The Zuni Way
Though they embrace computers and TV, the secret of the tribe's unity lies in fealty to their past
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The Nature of Glass
Prolific sculptor Dale Chihuly plants his vitreous visions in a Florida garden
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Barbaro's Legacy
The effort to save the fallen champion shows how far equine medicine has come in recent years. And how far it still has to go
Departments
The Deciding Moment
A newly published scrapbook of Henri Cartier-Bresson's early photographs is changing some notions about how he worked
Lost City of Powhatan
The Algonquian settlement crucial to the survival of Jamestown 400 years ago has been found. Finally
Open Sesame
Conspiracy buffs tour the lavish Washington, D.C. temple of the Freemasons, one of the world's most mysterious fraternities
Two Men and a Portrait
One wondered how an artist brings paint to life. The other showed him
Hot Topics
An ice-diving course in Svalbard, Norway in only the tip of the Smithsonian science iceberg