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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 January/February 2021

    Persian Steel

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    (Courtesy Rahil Alipour, UCL)

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    Head Space

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    (Knipper et al 2020)

  • Digs & Discoveries January/February 2021

    Offerings at Sea

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    (Jonathan J. Gottlieb)

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    Bathing With the Toad Goddess

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    (Copyright David Coventry)

  • Digs & Discoveries November/December 2020

    Our Coastal Origins

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    (Courtesy Emma Loftus)

  • Digs & Discoveries November/December 2020

    A Day by the Rhone

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    (Courtesy Archeodunum)
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