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Digs & Discoveries November/December 2026

Night of the Dangerous Dead

Mutilated remains in medieval burials show how far vampire hunters were willing to go

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Mural depicting corpse biting human, Haukipudas, Finland

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Bottom of the Barrel

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Marble busts
Courtesy Assaf Peretz and Yoli Schwartz/Israel Antiquities Authority

Digs & Discoveries November/December 2026

Moche Pottery Pros

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Moche ceramics
Courtesy Henry Tantaleán/Chicama Archaeological Program

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Herculean Hilarity

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Bronze ring fragment (3.5 inches by 1.25 inches)
National Museum of Union, Alba Iulia

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To Bow or to Throw

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Atlatl dart point, Yukon, Canada
Photo by Holly Smith, Government of Yukon

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    Hadrian’s Wall Keepsake

    One Roman soldier brought home a special souvenir from his service in a faraway place

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    Bronze cup fragment
    Roberto De Pablo

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    Dearly Beloved Dingo

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    Dingo
    wolfganguphaus/AdobeStock

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    Peru Foodie Tour

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    Dried seaweed
    Gabriel Prieto

  • 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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    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York/Gift of George D. Pratt, 1928

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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
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