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Discusses the progress of the reconstruction effort in Bam, Iran following an earthquake in January 2004. Views of Jahandar Ramezani, a researcher at the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, on the earthquake; Victims of the earthquake; Involvement of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization in the rebuilding process.

Provides information on the origin of several statues in Easter Island. History of civilization; Details of the construction of commemorative images and statues in the island; Research conducted by Bryan Sykes, professor of human genetics at Oxford University, on theories of migration made by the inhabitants of the island. INSET: Rolling around: how the moai were moved.

Presents an article on a pilgrimage to Mount Kailas in Tibet, China. Belief of Buddhists about the benefit of circumambulating the mountain; Hindu and Buddhist mythologies about Mount Kailas; Description of the mountain.