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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
Ingo Strauch

Digs & Discoveries July/August 2026

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 September/October 2023

    A Sword for the Ages

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    (Archäologie-Büro Dr. Woidich/Sergiu Tifui)

  • Digs & Discoveries September/October 2023

    Royal Wharf

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    (© NIKU)

  • Digs & Discoveries September/October 2023

    Pizza! Pizza?

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    (Courtesy Archaeological Park of Pompeii)

  • Digs & Discoveries September/October 2023

    A Very Close Encounter

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    (Courtesy Sacred Sites Research)

  • Digs & Discoveries September/October 2023

    Dramatic Entrance

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    (Photo Yousef Marian)

  • Digs & Discoveries September/October 2023

    Preventing the Return of the Dead

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    (The Sagalassos Archaeological Research Project, KU Leuven)
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