Description: National Geographic November 1999 CONDITION Acceptable, clean pages, reading and page wear CONTENTS Eyewitness Iraq – Oil-rich Iraq has spent a fortune on war, but the country’s treasure—among the largest petroleum reserves in the world—has brought neither peace nor prosperity for the Iraqi people. By Mike Edwards/Photographs by Michael Yamashita Tiger Sharks – A feathered feast awaits the big predators in Hawaii when fledgling albatrosses take to sea. Article and Photographs by Bill Curtsinger Frozen in Time – Three 500-year-old mummies unearthed on a 22,000-foot peak in the Andes tell an extraordinary story of Inca worship and child sacrifice. By Johan Reinhard/Photographs by Maria Stenzel Panama’s Rite of Passage – When the United States hands over the Panama Canal in December, Panama will be without its biggest benefactor and on its own for the first time. By Lewis M Simons/Photographs by Alex Webb African Marriage Rituals – Draped in silver or intricate bead jewelry, brides follow age-old traditions in elaborate wedding ceremonies form Morocco to South Africa. Article and Photographs by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher Feathers for T.rex? – Spectacular fossil finds form China and Mongolia provide important new links between birds and their dinosaur predecessors. By Christopher P Sloan/ Photographs by O Louis Mazzatenta After the Deluge – Already sodden at the end of the rainy season, Central America was ripe for disaster when Hurricane Mitch struck last fall. Survivors recall the Atlantic’s deadliest tempest in two centuries. By A R Williams/Photographs by Vincent J Musi DEPARTMENTS On Assignment Geographica Forum On Screen Earth Almanac From the Editor Flashback Behind the Scenes CartoGraphic Interactive THE COVER Clothing intact, this gold figurine was found with the exquisitely preserved mummy of an Inca boy sacrificed 500 years ago on an Andean peak in present day Argentina. Photograph by Maria Stenzel 62144
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Publication Month: November
Publication Year: 1999
Language: English
Publication Name: National Geographic
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Features: Illustrated
Genre: News
Topic: Nature, Geography, Culture, Dinosaurs, Weather
