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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 May/June 2023

    Maya Monkey Diplomacy

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    (N. Sugiyama/Project Plaza of the Columns Complex; Wikimedia Commons)

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    Prescription Bottle

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    (Courtesy Justin Bradfield)

  • Digs & Discoveries May/June 2023

    Silk Road Detour

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    (Courtesy Guy Bar-Oz)

  • Digs & Discoveries May/June 2023

    Update: Notre Dame’s Nobility

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  • Digs & Discoveries May/June 2023

    Neolithic Mass Grave Mystery

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    (© Prof. Dr. Martin Furholt, Institute for Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology/Kiel University)

  • Digs & Discoveries May/June 2023

    Taking the Stage

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    (Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports/Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development)
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