“He loved surfing it and filming it. He was carving a career photographing it. But Jacob also lived on the edge.”
BBC
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Eyes on the Prize: A Treasure Hunting Reading List
Every quest holds at its heart a puzzle to solve—and that puzzle can become an obsession.
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What Did the Vikings Eat?
“By studying dig sites, sagas and ancient cookbooks, a culinary archaeologist is recreating dishes the Vikings ate – and rewriting the popular view of these people in the process.”
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Tyrian Purple: The Lost Ancient Pigment That Was More Valuable Than Gold
“For millennia, Tyrian purple was the most valuable colour on the planet…. By piecing together ancient clues, could one man bring it back?”
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Stewart Rhodes’s Son: ‘How I Escaped My Father’s Militia’
“The son of militia leader Stewart Rhodes spent years plotting to help his family escape from his father’s control. Now that the elder Rhodes faces decades in prison, the rest of the family is rebuilding their lives.”
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Why India’s Fossil Wealth Has Remained Hidden
“There’s a pretty good correlation between a country’s GDP and fossil discoveries, and that’s largely because a field like paleontology requires a lot of funding, patronage, and world-class museums with fossil preparation labs and storage facilities, which developing countries often do not have, says Jukar.”
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Evil Corp: ‘My Hunt For the World’s Most Wanted Hackers’
“Some of the men are accused of causing widespread blackouts in Ukraine by hacking power grids. Others are wanted for trying to hack into a chemical weapons testing facility in the wake of the Salisbury poisonings.”
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The Lies Told to Speak to a Princess
The full story behind the scoop to interview Princess Diana has remained hidden for a quarter of a century — until now.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Timothy Snyder, Austin Carr, James Murdock, Myriam Lahouari, and Brian Hiatt.