Your Weekly Escape: Chilling new clues about a Bronze Age disaster

Plus: The woman who saved us from the Nazis; searching for the real Caesar [ ] [DIAGNOSING A DINOSAUR]( [VIEW ONLINE]( [DIAGNOSING A DINOSAUR]( [National Geographic]( Your Weekly Escape Extraordinary people, discoveries, and places COLOUR-PRINTED ENGRAVING VIA UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/UIG/BRIDGEMAN IMAGES [3,600-year-old tsunami 'time capsule' sheds light on one of humanity's greatest disasters]( The volcanic eruption of Santorini rocked the Mediterranean and changed history. Now there is crucial—and chilling—new information about the Bronze Age cataclysm. [NEW CLUES]( PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF THE GEORGE C. MARSHALL FOUNDATION, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA. [The woman who saved the Americas from the Nazis]( Pioneering codebreaker Elizebeth Friedman—or "Lady Manhunter," as she was known—put gangsters behind bars and smashed Nazi spy rings in South America. Then, her role was erased by none other than J. Edgar Hoover. [READ ON]( [QUOTE] She developed an intuition, a way of thinking that made her one of the best in the world at seeing the shapes of words in a field of letters that nobody else could make sense of. Jason Fagone, author of The Woman Who Smashed Codes From: [The woman who saved the Americas from the Nazis]( MICHAEL FRESE [A newly discovered prehistoric rainforest is filled with spectacular fossils]( Spiders fossilized down to their leg hairs. Fish still engorged with bellies full of midges. A sawfly’s head covered in pollen, presumably after feasting on a flower’s nectar. There are hundreds of these amazingly well-preserved finds. [SEE THE FOSSILS]( OLIVER SANTANA/RAICES [Who wore the golden pectoral of Monte Albán?]( This Mixtec masterpiece was one of more than 120 gold artifacts discovered in a tomb in southern Mexico. Rich in symbolism and iconography, it has led to heated debate over the identity of its owner. [SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE]( ILLUSTRATION BY WOODRUFF ET AL. (2022) AND CORBIN RAINBOLT [A Jurassic giant had such a nasty cough, the proof was left on its bones]( And 145 million years later, scientists were able to pinpoint what exactly ailed the poor sauropod, who also likely experienced a fever, runny nose, and weight loss. [A FIRST FOR SCIENCE]( [NGM]( [NGM]( [SHOP]( [DONATE]( [SUBSCRIBE]( [TRAVEL]( [READ OUR LATEST STORIES]( [SHOP]( [DONATE]( [SUBSCRIBE]( [TRAVEL]( [FB]( [Twitter]( [IG]( Clicking on the Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and National Geographic Channel links will take you away from our National Geographic Partners site where different terms of use and privacy policy apply. This email was sent to: {EMAIL}. Please do not reply to this email as this address is not monitored. This email contains an advertisement from: National Geographic | 1145 17th Street, N.W. | Washington, D.C. 20036 [Stop all types of future commercial email]( from National Geographic regarding its products, services, or experiences. © 2022 National Geographic Partners, LLC, All rights reserved. Clicking on the Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and National Geographic Channel links will take you away from our National Geographic Partners site where different terms of use and privacy policy apply. This email was sent to: {EMAIL}. Please do not reply to this email as this address is not monitored. This email contains an advertisement from: National Geographic | 1145 17th Street, N.W. | Washington, D.C. 20036 [Stop all types of future commercial email]( from National Geographic regarding its products, services, or experiences. [Manage all email preferences]( with the Walt Disney Family of Companies. © 2022 National Geographic Partners, LLC, All rights reserved.