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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 March/April 2020

    Tool Time

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    (Museum of London)

  • Digs & Discoveries March/April 2020

    Protecting the Young

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    (Courtesy Sara Juengst)

  • Digs & Discoveries March/April 2020

    Early Adopters

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    (Courtesy Michael Harrower)

  • Digs & Discoveries January/February 2020

    The Man in Prague Castle

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    (Prague Castle excavations, Institute of Archaeology, Prague)

  • Digs & Discoveries January/February 2020

    As Told by Herodotus

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    (Christoph Gerigk © Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation, franckgoddio.org)

  • Digs & Discoveries January/February 2020

    Bath Buddy

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    (Daniela Agre)
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