This Month’s Magazine

In the current issue:

Turkey and the End of the Ottoman Empire, Inca mummies in Europe, Henry II and the Great Rebellion, why Egypt went to war in 1973, and the diamond trade during the Holocaust.

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October 2023

SELECTED ARTICLES FROM THIS ISSUE

When Inca Mummies Came to Europe

Older than their Egyptian counterparts, the preserved remains of Andean peoples fascinated 19th-century Europe, leading to a ‘bone stampede’ for Inca mummies. But to what end?

Diamonds and the Holocaust

As Jewish lapidaries were held in Nazi concentration camps, diamond sales soared in the US. Both sides saw gemstones as integral to the war effort.