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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 January/February 2020

    Maya Maize God's Birth

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    (Courtesy Evan Parker)

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    Cretan Coastal Rites

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    (©EBSA, N. Kress)

  • Digs & Discoveries January/February 2020

    Still Standing

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    (Courtesy Matt Ritchie)

  • Digs & Discoveries January/February 2020

    Deerly Departed

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    (Courtesy South Gyeongsang Regional Government)

  • Digs & Discoveries January/February 2020

    The Time Had Come, the Walrus Said

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    (Nature Picture Library/Alamy Stock Photo)

  • Digs & Discoveries January/February 2020

    Skoal!

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    (UHI Archaeology Institute)
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