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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

Digs & Discoveries July/August 2026

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 July/August 2020

    Ice Age Ice Box

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    (Courtesy Alexander Pryor/University of Exeter)

  • Digs & Discoveries July/August 2020

    Sticking Its Neck Out

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    (R.J. Clarke)

  • Digs & Discoveries July/August 2020

    ID'ing England's First Nun

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    (Courtesy Finding Eanswythe)

  • Digs & Discoveries July/August 2020

    Play Ball!

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    Formative Etlatongo Project

  • Digs & Discoveries July/August 2020

    History in Ice

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    (Dr. Nicole Spaulding, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine)

  • Digs & Discoveries July/August 2020

    Roman River Cruiser

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    (Institute of Archaeology in Belgrade)
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