September/October 2002 Editor's Note Reclaiming the Past 'Not Just a Chair' Chairman Bruce Cole talks with antiques dealer Leigh Keno about treasure hunting for pieces of America's past. Visiting Lost Empires The Treasures of Genghis Khan His path of destruction across Asia left an unexpected artistic legacy. By Caroline Kim The Imprint of Immortality New digital technology is capturing the laws and legends of ancient Mesopotamia. By Rachel Galvin Where Science Meets Life "It's Alive" Frankenstein's monster becomes a metaphor for scientific advances run rampant. By Tina Pamintuan Both Sides of the Stethoscope Patients and health care professionals in Maine come together over a book. By Lisa Rogers In the Shadow of Slavery Fighting Jim Crow Eyewitnesses tell their stories in a new documentary about segregation. By Lynn Fabian Lasner Around the Nation In Focus Jim Quay: sharing history in California. By Katharine Beutner Remembering Baltimore's Industries The city's heritage is retold in oral histories. By Ramesh Nagarajan