From: National Geographic <ng@e.nationalgeographic.com>
Sent: 27 May 2019 18:24
To: georgeokello_8@hotmail.com
Subject: National Geographic History: Memorial Day Photographs, Golden Treasures of Ancient Ur, and the Mystery of the Serpent's Tooth
Plus: The Truth About Chernobyl
In this edition: Vintage photographs honor soldiers' service, royal tombs reveal buried secrets in ancient Ur, and a snake fang sparks a mystery. | | |
| Photograph courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard | |
| Military sacrifice comes in many forms: Storming a beach in Europe, cradling a child after a hurricane, and protecting loved ones left behind at home. | | |
| PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF PENN MUSEUM | |
| Leonard Woolley's excavation of Ur yielded an archaeologist's dream: a series of intact burials from one of the world's most important ancient cities. | | |
| Author of the the 1962 book Silent Spring, scientist and activist Rachel Carson is born today in 1907. | |
| PHOTOGRAPH BY GERD LUDWIG, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION | |
| The 1986 accident at a nuclear power plant in Ukraine shocked the world, permanently altered a region, and left many questions unanswered. | | |
| Tsar Peter the Great founds St. Petersburg as the new Russian capital today in 1703. | |
| PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY ELANOR SONDERMAN | |
| Is the puzzling find evidence of an ancient ritual, or just a prehistoric dare gone wrong? | | |
Photograph by Ritterbach/Fototeca | You are receiving this email because you elected to receive marketing communications from National Geographic under the terms of our Privacy Policy. Click here to unsubscribe. If you reside in the EU/European Economic Area and wish to exercise all other data subject rights, click here. National Geographic | 1145 17th Street N.W. | Washington, D.C. 20036 Copyright © 2019 National Geographic Partners, LLC. All rights reserved. | | |
0 comments:
Post a Comment