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Digs & Discoveries July/August 2026

Ancient China’s “Pony Express”

Han Dynasty postal horses had hard lives but evocative names—meet Wandering Hawk, Podgy and Lumpy, and Mr. Red Horse

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Han Dynasty bronze horse figurine

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Coyote’s Quest

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Tamil Tourists

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Cikai Korran tomb graffiti, Valley of the Kings, Egypt
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Put On Your Best Face

An opulent Roman villa hid a very peculiar staircase and an underground room for secret rites

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Fresco, House of Cybele, Aphrodisias, Turkey
Courtesy R. R. R. Smith, Aphrodisias Excavations

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Viking Payday

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Lamb of God silver coin (both sides)
Photographs Søren Greve/National Museum of Denmark

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  • Digs & Discoveries July/August 2025

    Saints Alive

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    Berlin State Monument Office, Julia-Marlen Schiefelbein

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    Soldiers of Ill Fortune

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    Bavarian State Office for Monument Protection

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    Ancestral Rings

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    Photo: Near Map 2024, prepared by Zara Lasky-Davison, Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation

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    Neolithic Neophytes

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    C. Jarrige, MAI

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    The Bone Toolkit

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    Spanish National Research Council

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    Under the Skin

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    Tattooed arm of a Chancay individual shown under laser-stimulated fluorescence
    © Michael Pittman
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