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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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    Early Medieval Elegance

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    (MOLA/Andy Chopping)

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    L is for Lice

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    (Dafna Gazit/Israel Antiquities Authority)

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    Weapons of Choice

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    (Loren Davis/Oregon State University)

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    Winter Light

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    (Universities of Jaén and Málaga)

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    Closely Knit

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    (Courtesy Sharon Clough/Cotswold Archaeology)

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    Mounds in the Family

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    (Courtesy Chuck Werth)
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