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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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  • Digs & Discoveries January/February 2021

    Reading, Writing, and Algorithms

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    (Courtesy Michael Cordonsky/Tel Aviv University and the Israel Antiquities Authority)

  • Digs & Discoveries January/February 2021

    Face Off

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    (Photograph © The State Hermitage Museum/Photo by Vladimir Terebenin)

  • Digs & Discoveries January/February 2021

    Formatting Bronze Age Tablets

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    (Courtesy of The Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati)

  • Digs & Discoveries January/February 2021

    Cat's Eye View

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    (Johny Isla, Ministry of Culture)

  • Digs & Discoveries January/February 2021

    The Bone Collector

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    (Courtesy Michael Pante)

  • Digs & Discoveries January/February 2021

    Who Is That Masked God?

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    (Courtesy of Kaan İren)
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