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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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    Red Carpet Treatment

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    (CPA Media Pte Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo)

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    Buddhist Retreat

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    (Courtesy ASI)

  • Digs & Discoveries July/August 2021

    Tubman's Training Ground

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    (Photo by Tim Pratt / Maryland Department of Transportation)

  • Digs & Discoveries July/August 2021

    Anchors Aweigh

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    (Keith Cockerill)

  • Digs & Discoveries July/August 2021

    In the Anatolian Arena

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    (Courtesy of Sedat Akkurnaz/Aydın Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism)

  • Digs & Discoveries July/August 2021

    Lost Egyptian City

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    (Egypt's Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities)
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