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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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  • Digs & Discoveries September/October 2021

    Herodian Hangout

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    (Photo by Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority)

  • Digs & Discoveries July/August 2021

    A Challenging World

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    (Courtesy Yoli Schwartz/Israel Antiquities Authority)

  • Digs & Discoveries July/August 2021

    The Spider's on the Wall

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    (Feren Castillo)

  • Digs & Discoveries July/August 2021

    Mirror, Mirror

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    (Courtesy Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology)

  • Digs & Discoveries July/August 2021

    Return to Sender

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    (Courtesy the Unlocking History Research Group archive)

  • Digs & Discoveries July/August 2021

    The Copper Standard

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    (William Reardon and Robin Mueller)
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