And our next Nat Geo quiz... about lab-grown meat. Can you guess which burger is which? Plus, remembering Elvis.
|  | Wednesday, August 16, 2023 | | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEO BY ZIYAH GAFIĆ | | This is the site from which Muhammad is said to have ascended to heaven. It is also the mount under which centuries of explorers believed that the Biblical Ark of the Covenant was buried.
For more than 13 centuries, the Dome of the Rock (above) has been the jewel in the crown of Jerusalem’s sacred acropolis. It ranks with the neighboring Church of the Holy Sepulchre in spiritual importance and the Taj Mahal in grace.
And Nat Geo’s Andrew Lawler made some discoveries on his unprecedented tour of what one 12th century traveler described as “the most fantastic of all buildings.” What did he find? | | | |
| At the heart of the Dome: This limestone outcrop is revered by Muslims as the place they believe from which Muhammad ascended to heaven. One of the world’s largest collections of Islamic mosaics covers some 13,000 square feet of the shrine’s interior. Read more.
Related: Dissecting the Dome of the Rock’s centuries of history | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY BSIP, UNIVERSAL IMAGES GROUP/GETTY IMAGES | | | |
 | PHOTOGRAPH BY YOUNGRAE KIM
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The downside to reclaimed land: Die-offs of millions of shellfish and endangered birds. That's been one cost of an ambitious plan by South Korea to fill in environmentally sensitive tidal flats (photographed above by Nat Geo Explorer Youngrae Kim) for new land (and a possible new airport). What lessons—and effects—does this massive effort have for the rest of the world?
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY LANDON NORDEMAN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC | |
Paying tribute to The King: Today marks the 46th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. In 2017, mourners from all over the world gathered to celebrate the pop icon’s legacy—and the tributes were what you’d expect and more. (Above, an Elvis tribute artist.) | | | |
 | | TOP: PHOTOGRAPH BY TONI ANZENBERGER, REDUX; BOTTOM: PHOTOGRAPH BY GRANT CORNETT, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION | | No-cow beef: Plant-based, regular beef, lab-grown—you can order a burger in several different formats. Can you tell which burger above, if either, was grown in a lab?
A. The top one
B. The bottom one
C. Neither
D. Both | | | |
Today’s soundtrack: Half Dome, Toro y Moi
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