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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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    An Old Flame

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    Fragments of mural depicting fire-worship scene
    Michael Shenkar & Maria Gervais

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    Full Nesters

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    A Sicilian Gift Horse

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    Bronze Age potsherds
    Courtesy Davide Tanasi

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    Stop, Tomb Thief!

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    Courtesy Michelle Langley

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    The Palace Times

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    Palace walls, Sardis, Turkey
    Courtesy Nicholas Cahill

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    In Local News

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    Landscape view of ruins at Paquimé, Chihuahua, Mexico
    Courtesy Michael Searcy
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