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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
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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 July/August 2022

    Dignity of the Dead

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    (Jacob L. Bongers; Photo: C. O’Shea)

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    Sailing in Sumer

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    (German Archaeological Institute/Mayssoun Issa)

  • Digs & Discoveries July/August 2022

    Speak, Memories

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    (Courtesy Carolyn Boyd)

  • Digs & Discoveries July/August 2022

    The Maya Count Begins

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    (San Bartolo-Xultun Regional Archaeological Project)

  • Digs & Discoveries July/August 2022

    Hail to the Chief

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    (Poulton Research Project)

  • Digs & Discoveries July/August 2022

    Made in China

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    (Courtesy Li Ming, Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology)
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