Digs & Discoveries
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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Digs & Discoveries March/April 2022
Who Drank From Nestor's Cup?
(Photo courtesy of Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per l'area metropolitana di Napoli/Gigante et al., 2021) -
Digs & Discoveries March/April 2022
Reflecting the Past
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Digs & Discoveries March/April 2022
Murder Will Out
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Digs & Discoveries January/February 2022
The Roots of Violence
(Courtesy of the Wendorf Archives of the British Museum) -
Digs & Discoveries January/February 2022
Tamil Royal Palace
(Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department) -
Digs & Discoveries January/February 2022
Cave Fit for a King...or a Hermit
(Edmund Simons, Royal Agricultural University)