diff --git a/src/components/Header.tsx b/src/components/Header.tsx
index 0580115..cb53b69 100644
--- a/src/components/Header.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Header.tsx
@@ -334,48 +334,11 @@ export default function Header() {
                 />
               </Link>
 
-              {/* Desktop Nav Links — arrow key navigable + dropdowns */}
-              <div className="hidden lg:flex items-stretch gap-5" role="list" aria-label="Site sections">
-{/* nav-desktop-redesign:start */}
-<EventsDropdown />
-{/* nav-desktop-redesign:end */}
-
-                {navLinks?.map((link, i) => (
-                  <div
-                    key={link?.label}
-                    className="relative group/nav"
-                    role="listitem">
-                    <Link
-                      href={link?.href}
-                      ref={(el) => { navLinksRef.current[i] = el; }}
-                      className="nav-link-bb h-[60px] flex items-center focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-1 focus-visible:ring-[#3b82f6] focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-[#111]"
-                      onKeyDown={(e) => handleNavKeyDown(e, i, navLinksRef)}
-                      tabIndex={i === 0 ? 0 : -1}
-                      aria-haspopup={link?.dropdown ? "true" : undefined}>
-                      {link?.label}
-                    </Link>
-                    {link?.dropdown && (
-                      <div
-                        className="absolute left-0 top-full min-w-[200px] bg-[#0d0d0d] border border-[#252525] shadow-xl rounded-sm py-1 opacity-0 invisible translate-y-1 group-hover/nav:opacity-100 group-hover/nav:visible group-hover/nav:translate-y-0 group-focus-within/nav:opacity-100 group-focus-within/nav:visible group-focus-within/nav:translate-y-0 transition-all duration-150 z-50"
-                        role="menu"
-                        aria-label={`${link.label} categories`}>
-                        {link.dropdown.map((sub) => (
-                          <Link
-                            key={sub.href + sub.label}
-                            href={sub.href}
-                            role="menuitem"
-                            className="block px-4 py-2 text-xs font-body text-[#bbb] hover:bg-[#1a1a1a] hover:text-[#3b82f6] focus:outline-none focus-visible:bg-[#1a1a1a] focus-visible:text-[#3b82f6] uppercase tracking-wider transition-colors">
-                            {sub.label}
-                          </Link>
-                        ))}
-                      </div>
-                    )}
-                  </div>
-                ))}
-                {/* nav-desktop-redesign:after */}
-<AboutDropdown />
-{/* nav-desktop-redesign:after:end */}
-{/* Reading List Icon Link */}
+              {/* Nav items moved to the Browse bar that sits below the
+                  header leaderboard banner. Only the notification bell +
+                  search remain in the top sticky row. */}
+              <div className="flex-1" aria-hidden="true" />
+              <div className="hidden lg:flex items-center gap-3">
                 <Link
                   href="/reading-list"
                   aria-label="Reading List"
@@ -384,7 +347,6 @@ export default function Header() {
                     <path d="M19 21l-7-5-7 5V5a2 2 0 0 1 2-2h10a2 2 0 0 1 2 2z" />
                   </svg>
                 </Link>
-                {/* Notification Bell */}
                 <NotificationCenter />
               </div>
 
@@ -569,6 +531,24 @@ export default function Header() {
           </div>
         </div>
       )}
+
+      {/* BROWSE BAR — primary nav (was previously above the banner) */}
+      <div className="bb-browse-bar hidden md:block" role="navigation" aria-label="Browse sections">
+        <div className="max-w-container mx-auto px-4">
+          <div className="bb-browse-row">
+            <EventsDropdown />
+            {navLinks.map((link) => (
+              <Link
+                key={link.label}
+                href={link.href}
+                className="bb-browse-item">
+                {link.label}
+              </Link>
+            ))}
+            <AboutDropdown />
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
     </>
   );
 }
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