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• WHO WAS JESUS?: Believers revere him as the Son of God. Skeptics dismiss him as legend. Artists have cast him in images that reflect their own time and place. Today, archaeologists digging in the Holy Land are helping sift fact from fiction.

• ARCHAEOLOGY MEETS FAITH: National Geographic Senior Archaeology Editor & Writer Kristin Romey, a former archaeologist, explores the discrepancies between gospel and archaeology finds surrounding the life of Jesus Christ.

• TUNE IN: Modern scientists investigate ancient traditions in Secrets of Christ’s Tomb, a one-hour Explorer Special airing at 9/8c on Sunday, December 3 on National Geographic.

• VISIT: National Geographic Museum in Washington, DC features an immersive 3-D exhibit, “Tomb of Christ: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre Experience” until fall 2018.

NEWSNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE

DECEMBER 2017Look for the December issue online now at ngm.com and

on print newsstands on November 28.Interviews and visuals avai lable.

The Shrinking Kingdom of the Jaguar• REVERED YET ENDANGERED: The elusive predator of North and South America is celebrated as a spiritual symbol. Now the cat faces

threats that could make its distinctive image just a memory.• TUNE IN: Photographers Steve Winter and Bertie Gregory capture the remarkable lives of jaguars in Jaguars vs. Croc, December 10 at 9/8c

on Nat Geo WILD.

Available:• Interviews with National Geographic Senior

Archaeology Editor & Writer Kristin Romey, a former archaeologist

• Photos: artistic portrayals of Christ and modern day photos of sites archaeological sites related to his life

• Map detailing Jesus Christ’s supposed travels and locations mentioned in scriptures

• Comprehensive graphic of Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

Available:• Interviews with wildlife photographer Steve Winter• Graphic illustrating the powerful bite of jaguars that makes them agile hunters• B-roll of the big cats in the wild

COVER STORY: The Search for the Real Jesus

• THE NEW SILICON VALLEY: Writer Robert Draper interviews the biggest tech up-and-comers in Africa, including Peter Kariuki whose company SafeMotos, a Rwandan startup that is the first and largest motorcycle ride-sharing company in Africa, will transform transportation reliability in hectic transit systems across Africa.

• WHY NOW?: The emergence of digital entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa coincides with the ubiquity of mobile phones and high-speed internet throughout the continent. The rapid development is generating incredible momentum for investment in that region.

• COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES: While late to the digital economy, Africa has several competitive advantages including an untapped labor force and unsaturated market.

NEWS

Available:• Interviews with writer Robert Draper and photographer Ciril Jazbec• Photos of entrepreneurs across Africa and communities influenced by the

momentum of tech in their areas

Africa’s Tech Generation

Out of Eden Walk, Part Six: Spirits of the Silk Road

• A JOURNALISTIC FEAT: National Geographic Fellow Paul Salopek shares the latest dispatch from a 1,500-mile journey and slow journalism project, Out of Eden Walk. Salopek reports from the Silk Road and on what it’s become since its days as a conduit of trade and culture in Central Asia.

• Follow Paul Salopek’s feat of global storytelling at OutofEdenWalk.org and on Twitter (@PaulSalopek).

Available:• Photos by John Stanmeyer taken along the Silk Road with Salopek

PROOF | A Photographers Journal: Rising Above• RECOVERING FROM SANDY: In 2012, Superstorm Sandy slammed into the New Jersey Shore. Photos and text by Ira Wagner

show homes lifted onto temporary pilings so that the permanent foundation could be restored, challenging the view of homes normally seen as more permanent structures.

• Wagner suggests that we may not have accepted that some areas are simply no longer safe or practical for habitation.

Available:• Photos by Ira Wagner of homes perched on pilings near the Jersey Shore