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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 2020

    Warrior Stone

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    (University of Aberdeen)

  • Digs & Discoveries May/June 2020

    At Press Time

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    (Courtesy Kokusai Bunkazai Co. Ltd.)

  • Digs & Discoveries May/June 2020

    Polychrome Patchwork

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    (Uşaklı Höyük Archaeological Project, http://usaklihoyuk.org/)

  • Digs & Discoveries May/June 2020

    Scaredy Cats

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    (blickwinkel / Alamy Stock Photo)

  • Digs & Discoveries May/June 2020

    Arms and the Women

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    (Institute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences)

  • Digs & Discoveries May/June 2020

    Birds of a Feather

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    (Courtesy Sally Wasef, Derek Keats via Wikimedia Commons)
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