National Geographic History - 03.2019 - 04.2019

ON JUNE 6, 1944,as morning

dawned over the beaches

of Normandy, Operation

Overlord, history’s largest

amphibious military

campaign, unfurled across

the coastline of German-

occupied France. Thousands

of ships and aircraft

transported more than a

hundred thousand troops

across the English Channel

to launch a campaign that

would liberate France from

Nazi control. As the sun set

on D-Day, the Allies had

secured five beaches at

Normandy, giving them a

crucial foothold in the fight

to end World War II.

Opulence of Opet

One of the most vibrant of all ancient Egyptian festivals, the

feast of Opet occurred every spring in Thebes. Joyful crowds

watched ostentatious processionals as boats dedicated to

Amun were carried to the temple on the shoulders of priests

in gratitude for the life-giving Nile.

Richest Man in Rome

Marcus Licinius Crassus purchased his power and

governed with Julius Caesar and Pompey as part of the First

Triumvirate. A hunger for glory and thirst for gold led to his

downfall, and pushed the Roman Republic into civil war.

The Unhappy Empress

Elizabeth of Austria, also known as Sisi, was famous for her

beauty throughout 19th-century Europe. But her good looks

masked deep dissatisfaction with her husband’s overbearing

family, the rigid protocols of life at court, and the prescribed

roles that women were expected to play.

Next Issue

D-DAY: THE

INVASION OF

NORMANDY

00 YEARS AGO an arrow struck

n as he tramped through the

ed where he fell, his mummified

n the ice until its discovery by

rs in 1991. Nicknamed for the

lpine range where he was found,

ave scholars rich insights into

ife of people in the Copper Age.

ysis of Ötzi’s remains revealed

inds of weapons they carried,

food they ate, and the clothing

y wore. Forensic scientists

ve joined the team to explore

tzi’s death—from the cause of

s demise to the Copper Age

onflicts that could end in murder.

COURAGEOUS SOLDIERS OF

THE 16TH REGIMENT, FIRST

INFANTRY DIVISION, DISEMBARK

AT OMAHA BEACH ON D-DAY.

ÖTZIRECONSTRUCTION BY

ALFONS AND ADRIE KENNIS

AKG/ALBUM

OBERT CLARK

COLD CASE FILES:

ON THE MOUNTAIN

MORE THAN5, 00

and killed a man

Alps. Preserve

body lay in

twohiker

ÖtztalA

Ötziga

dailyl

Analy

the k

the

the

hav

Ö

hi

co

COLD CAS

MURDERO