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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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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 May/June 2021

    Money Talks

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    (Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority)

  • Digs & Discoveries May/June 2021

    Heads of the Family

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    (FAS Heritage)

  • Digs & Discoveries May/June 2021

    Mistaken Identity

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    (James Fairbairn, Oxford Archaeology East)

  • Digs & Discoveries May/June 2021

    Beast Masters

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    Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology

  • Digs & Discoveries May/June 2021

    Swan Songs

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    (Courtesy Filip Ondrkál)

  • Digs & Discoveries May/June 2021

    A Welsh Ancestor

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    (Photography by A. Stanford)
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