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1. RUSSIA'S ATTACK ON HISTORY: HOW UKRAINIANS RACED TO PROTECT A HUGE 300-YEAR-OLD RELIGIOUS ICON DURING RUSSIA'S ONGOING INVASION

2. IN SEARCH OF TROY

3. SEEDS OF CONFLICT: TURKISH AUTHORITIES AND BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGISTS ARE BATTLING OVER ANCIENT PLANTS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO SCIENCE--AND MIGHT HOLD CLUES TO NEW SUPERFOODS

4. a MISSION for FATHER STEWART: From Kathmandu to Timbuktu, an American monk travels the world to safeguard invaluable treasure ancient documents that tell humanity's story

5. Where the monarchs go

6. THOU SHALT NOT UNDERESTIMATE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE: Scholars are finding there's much more to the 'lady with the lamp' than her famous exploits as a nurse in the Crimean War

7. THE LOST CITY OF MYANMAR

9. THE SALVATION OF MOSUL: An Iraqi archaeologist braved ISIS snipers and booby-trapped ruins to rescue cultural treasures in the city and nearby legendary Nineveh and Nimrud

10. A modern Odyssey

13. Invisible Kingdom

14. Escape from Boko Haram: in northern Nigeria, a brave American educator has created a refuge for young women desperate to evade the barbaric terrorist group

15. The fall and rise and fall of Pompeii: the famous archaeological treasure is falling into scandalous decline, even as its sister city Herculaneum is rising from the ashes

19. Lost tribes of the Amazon: deep in the jungles of Colombia, shadowy groups of Indians believed to have vanished long ago are living the way their ancestors have for thousands of years--and refusing to encounter the modern world

21. The hunt for Ebola: in Uganda, a CDC team races to find the origins of a deadly virus

22. How she overcame: Aung San Suu Kyi talks about the secret weapon in her decades of struggle against Burma's military dictators--the power of Buddhism

23. Days of reckoning: faced with rebels, refugees, and al Qaeda, the nation is on the brink of a new beginning--or deeper divisions

24. Let the good Thames roll: float down England's longest river, from its origin in the Cotswolds to its ramble through London, a journey across centuries of 'liquid history' that leads right up to the razzle-dazzle of this summer's Olympic Games

25. Dreams of Kenya: the dusty village near the shores of scenic Lake Victoria where Barack Obama's father was raised had high hopes after his son was elected president. What has happened since then? Joshua Hammer journeyed to Nyang'oma Kogelo to find out

26. The rebellion's secret weapon: Libyan women smuggled arms for the insurgents, spied on government troops and put their lives on the line to topple Qaddafi. But their brave contribution to the uprising has been largely untold--until now

27. Mad for Dickens: in which our author revisits the haunts of the inimitable novelist on the 200th anniversary of his birth, revels in his astonishing life and work, and visits a theme park

29. A setting for murder: Agatha Christie's devonshire estate welcomes visitors looking for clues to the best selling novelist of all time

30. Aftershocks: the powerful earthquake that struck Yokohama and Tokyo on September 1, 1923, traumatized a nation and unleashed historic consequences

31. Sifting sacred ground: as Israeli archaeologists recover artifacts from the Temple Mount--a site revered by three religious faiths--ancient history inflames modern-day political tensions

32. Myanmar's free thinkers: young artists and activists--buoyed by the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi--are stirring things up in their repressive, isolated nation

33. Searching for Buddha: in the remote Afghanistan valley where in 2001 the Taliban destroyed two colossal 1,500-year-old statues, archaeologist Zemaryalai Tarzi is determined to find a reclining third Buddha

34. Resurrecting the czar: the recent discovery of the remains of two missing Romanovs has pitted the Russian Orthodox Church against forensic science

35. Defying the Godfather: across Sicily, ordinary citizens are standing up to the Mafia and weakening its grip on society

37. The Second-story rooms of the centuries-old mud-brick houses were: cantilevered atop log beams and nearly touched each other across an alleyway paved with hexagonal stones. Women wearing dark veils leaned out of tiny windows. Poplar doors, painted bright blue or green and adorned with brass floral petals, stood half open--a subtle signal that the master of the house was inside. The aromas of freshly baked bread and ripe peaches wafted up

39. Looting Mali: a growing appetite for West African treasures--from Neolithic pottery to 14th-century wood carvings--drives an illegal trade that's depleting the nation's heritage

40. Inside Cape Town: tourists are flocking to the city's stunning mountains, glittering seacoast and top-rated vineyards, but a former resident explains how the legacy of apartheid lingers

42. Jerry Seins off

43. A Rebel's Bloody Odyssey; To the Israelis he was an unrepentant terrorist, to the Palestinians the would-be father of a nation. Above all, Yasir Arafat was a survivor

44. 'We Feel It Every Day'

45. The Right Stuff: THE CREW: Pilots with Ph.D.s and soldiers who were scientists, the Columbia astronauts were talented and tough. Portraits of the lost

46. The Way They Live Now: Not long ago, two families--one Israeli, one Palestinian--thought there might be a road to peace. But now violence has hardened their good hearts

47. 'Another Lebanon': Palestinian militants launch deadly attacks on soldiers and settlers, forcing some new thinking by Israel's leaders

48. Hitler's Children: They were the offspring of a Nazi program to create a racially pure 'master race.' Behind the painful search to discover their roots

49. Troubled Water.

50. Hitler's Children.

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