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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 March/April 2020

    Shock of the Old

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    (Courtesy Ratno Sardi)

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    Sailing the Viking Seas

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    (Arkeologerna Statens Historika Museer)

  • Digs & Discoveries March/April 2020

    Egyptian Coneheads

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    (Reconstruction by Fran Weatherhead)

  • Digs & Discoveries March/April 2020

    China's Carp Catchers

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    (Photo: T. Nakajima)

  • Digs & Discoveries March/April 2020

    Field of Tombs

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    (Aerial photo/Denitsa Nenova/UC Classics)

  • Digs & Discoveries March/April 2020

    Bird on a Wire

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    (Courtesy Sophie Flynn/Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service, Wikimedia Commons)
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