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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 September/October 2020

    Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

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    (Courtesy Hossein Vahedi)

  • Digs & Discoveries September/October 2020

    Missing Mosaics

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    (Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle arti e paesaggio per le province di Verona, Rovigo e Vicenza)

  • Digs & Discoveries September/October 2020

    Stonehenge's New Neighbor

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    (© Crown copyright and database rights 2013 (OS Profile DTM Scale 1:10000); EDINA Digimap Ordnance Survey Service (100025252))

  • Digs & Discoveries September/October 2020

    Dark Earth in the Amazon

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    (Edmar Almeida de Oliveira)

  • Digs & Discoveries September/October 2020

    Reindeer Training

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    (Robert Losey)

  • Digs & Discoveries July/August 2020

    The Emperor of Stones

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    (Helge Andersson)
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