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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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    African Swordcraft

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    Courtesy Ron Lawrence Anderson

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    Crypto Power

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    Courtesy Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier

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    Nordic Metal

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    Photograph by Lill-Ann Chepstow-Lusty, © Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo

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    Dead Drunk

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    Photo: Shatil Emmanuilov, Israel Antiquities Authority

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    The Things They Carried

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    Courtesy Jared Carballo-Pérez

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    Master of Puppets

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    Julia Przedwojewska-Szymańska/PASI
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