National Geographic September 2010 volume 218 issue 3

2010·17.22 MB·English

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nGM.CoM SePteMBeR 2010
King TuT’s DnA
Unlocking Family Secrets
A FABLED AUSSIE ISLAND
MADAGASCAR’S PIERCED HEART
DAZZLING INSECT EGGS
THE MYSTERY OF EELS
vol. 218 • no. 3
September 2010
Cover Story
Tut’s Family Secrets
Dna sheds new light on the
boy king’s life and death.
InTERACTIvE SlIDESHoW
Sidebar
Royal Incest
the ultimate taboo had
risks—and rewards.
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September 2010 Features
Madagascar’s Pierced Heart
Sands of Time
australia’s fraser island forces of greed are pillaging native rosewood.
MoRE
Insect Eggs Mysterious Travelers
vIDEo eels writhe in rivers and spawn in secret.
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September 2010 Departments
Editor’s note
Letters
your Shot
visions of Earth
nGS Explorers
Inside Geographic
Flashback
On the Cover HISToRy
for its close-up, King tut’s Found at Ground Zero
24-pound, gold burial mask
a doll, a shoe, and Bible pages
was given a 90-minute
are among the artifacts destined
reprieve from its glass case
for the 9/11 museum.
at cairo’s egyptian Museum.
Photo by Kenneth Garrett InTERACTIvE SlIDESHoW
SCIEnCE GEoGRAPHy
Cilantro or Soap? Explosive Wagers
your brain—and perhaps a bookie in Dublin
your genes—may is taking bets on
determine if you find the volcanoes most
the herb tasty or sudsy. likely to erupt.
CulTuRE THE bIG IDEA
Where Paychecks Go Augmented Reality
a survey shows the latest smart phones
how countries are and spectacles add
different in household a layer of information to
spending habits. what your eyes see.
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