Plus: The last death-defying honey hunter of Nepal; Irish ancestry surprises; the Sleeping Beauty Cave
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY RENAN OZTURK | | | The last death-defying honey hunter of Nepal | | For centuries the Kulung people have remained separate from the outside world. In this 2017 feature, we met one Kulung hunter—a man who risks his life to harvest valuable psychotropic honey. It's guarded by capricious spirits and the world’s largest honeybees. | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY A.W. CUTLER, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION | | | A 'DNA atlas' revealed some Irish ancestry surprises | | The genetic atlas, released in 2017, revealed some of the surprising ways historic kingdoms have influenced populations on the island—and offered the first genetic evidence that Vikings intermingled with ancient Irish peoples. | | | |
 | PHOTOGRAPH BY PAOLO WOODS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
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 | | AKG/ALBUM | | | This warrior mom broke the rules—and wielded unprecedented power | | Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great and wife of Philip II, was murderous, vengeful, and brave—much like her male kin—but history has not treated her as grandly. Defying the ancient world's rules for women, she charted her—and her son's—rise to power through wits, ambition, and might. | | | |
 | | On May 5, 1862, a ragtag Mexican army defeated the better-equipped hosts of the Second French Empire at the Battle of Puebla. The battle itself did not decide the war ... [but] the victory strengthened the morale of a very young Mexico and became the rallying cry of resistance to foreign domination. | | READ ON: The victorious origins of Cinco de Mayo | | |
 | | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL | | | Who really rules the ocean? This video may change your mind | | In October 1997, tourists in a whale-watching boat near San Francisco witnessed two killer whales attack a great white shark and consume its liver. It was, at that time, the first documented sighting of killer whales eating white sharks. The incident sparked new lines of research, as well as some intriguing questions. | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY ARBEN LLAPASHTICA | | | |
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