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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

Mural depicting corpse biting human, Haukipudas, Finland

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Digs & Discoveries November/December 2026

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

Digs & Discoveries November/December 2026

Herculean Hilarity

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

Digs & Discoveries November/December 2026

To Bow or to Throw

Hunters in western North America wielded atlatls for 8,600 years—why did they suddenly stop?

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

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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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    A Surprising Encounter

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    Roe deer antler mask
    State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt
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    Hurry Up and Celebrate

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    Tablet
    Hethitologie-Archiv Mainz
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    Trimming the Fat

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    Papyrus showing editing process to thin out the figure of a jackal
    The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge
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    Aboriginal Animal Spotters

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    Joakim Goldhahn
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