National Geographic Magazine February 2022

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CULTURAL HERITAGE sites are a nonrenewable resource. When they disappear, they’re gone forever, a loss akin to the extinction of species. Today architectural and archaeological heritage sites are being destroyed or imperiled at an alarming rate. They’re threatened by rising seas (Venice), pollution (the Taj Mahal), overtourism (Angkor Wat), encroaching development (the Pyramids at Giza), conflict (Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra)… And by accidents. In this issue, we explore the herculean efforts to rebuild the roof and spire of Notre Dame Cathedral, part of the Banks of the Seine UNESCO World Heritage site in Paris. Before it was wracked by fire in spring 2019, the landmark drew some 12 million visitors a year. We’ll take you behind the scenes of the rebuilding, through the work of photographer Tomas van Houtryve, writer Robert Kunzig,…

Evocative tintype images create a visual link between present and past in a tribute to one family’s history in the U.S. armed forces.…

AS PART OF HIS My America project highlighting Black people’s experiences, photographer Rashod Taylor focused on a subject that had influenced his life: Black military service. Though Taylor himself never joined the armed forces, members of his family did. And he listened intently to their stories. “I really found this new appreciation for what kind of sacrifices they’ve made,” Taylor says. “Not only in the military in general but just being Black in the military and still having to go through those extra layers of life living as a person of color in the United States.” Although Black Americans have fought for their country since the 1770s, many of them dealt—and still deal—with unequal treatment. Taylor’s relatives have benefited from opportunities that the military offers. At the same time, they’ve faced…

IN THIS SECTION Scat Scan Discovery Water Lily Harvest Mentoring Fossil Hunters Chimp-Human Conflict IN SEPTEMBER 2007 one French archaeologist got lucky. He was diving in the murky waters of the Rhône River at Arles, in the south of France, in search of ancient remains on the riverbed. He emerged holding a finely carved, life-size marble head. As he lifted it up out of the water, in one of those classic discovery moments, the director of the team shouted, “Putain, mais c’est César—Damn, it’s Caesar.” It was, in other words, a portrait of arguably the most famous Roman who ever lived: Julius Caesar, conqueror of Gaul, charismatic dictator, populist autocrat, and, finally, victim of assassination on the ides of March, 44 B.C. (an event immortalized by William Shakespeare, among many other writers and…

Rhône Caesar Rescued from the Rhône River, this celebrated bust (it’s appeared on a French postage stamp) resides at an Arles museum. Silver Coin Caesar Before Caesar’s death in 44 B.C., a series of silver coins was minted, the only firm surviving evidence of what he looked like. 'Green Caesar' Some archaeologists speculated that this green stone head, originally from Egypt, was commissioned by Cleopatra, Caesar’s lover. British Museum Caesar Once given pride of place at the museum, this likeness was declared a fake in the 1960s and is now relegated to a traveling exhibit. BORIS HORVAT, AFP/GETTY IMAGES…