New clues to their disappearances. Plus, a tomb discovered on a WWII battlefield
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At one time, this civilization rivaled Egypt and Mesopotamia. Then it vanished.
Halfway around the world, a city of gold arose on an Andean lake in west-central Colombia. Explorers failed to find it.
To the north, a baby named Virginia Dare was born in the first English foothold in the Americas. Then that community, too, disappeared.
Little by little, however, their elusive stories are emerging.
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Evidence: At top, a bust of the Priest King found at one of the two principal cities of the once-vast Indus Valley civilization. Above, legend holds that the Greek city of Helike sank under the waters of the Gulf of Corinth. According to classical historians, in 373 B.C. snakes and mice fled for higher ground before a quake pummeled Helike, the waters washed over it—and all residents were killed. Read more. | | | |
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY LUISA DÖRR | | | Skate on: When members of an all-women skateboarding group went to the market in Cochabamba, Bolivia, shopkeepers were confused. The skaters were buying traditional skirts worn by older, Indigenous women and often associated with poverty. The rebellious group formed before it was common to see women skating. Now they wear traditional clothing during competitions to celebrate their heritage. (Above, Elinor Buitrago Méndez, 25, floats while wearing Indigenous dress.) | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY GIBBS KUGURU | | | Sharks vs. med school: Nat Geo Explorer Gibbs Kuguru needed to decide: stay on course for med school or find a new path—one he wouldn’t dread. His mentor sent him an advertisement for dives with great white sharks. Kuguru was instantly, irrevocably hooked. “I chose to don the wetsuit and get in the water,” he tells our Overheard podcast, “’cause for me, the fear of losing a life well lived was far scarier than losing life itself.” (Above, Kuguru’s experiment documenting how sharks can change colors to sneak up on prey.) | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY GEORGETTE DOUWMA, NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY | | Surprisingly common: Ecologists used to think that cannibalism happened when something was very, very wrong. But now it’s been observed in every major animal group and seen as an adaptive strategy, biologist Bill Schutt tells Nat Geo—especially when resources are scarce. Common frog tadpoles (pictured above) will cannibalize others if the environment is overcrowded. Even before birth, in utero sharks will chow down on siblings until only two remain.
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