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More From July/August 2023 Digs & Discoveries

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Enjoy these additional images from some of our July/August 2023 Digs & Discoveries. Image 1 is from "Hybrid Hoard." Image 2 is from "A Game to Remember." Image 3 is from "Ancient Egyptian Astrology." Image 4 is from "Bog Togs." Image 5 is from "Temple Times Two."

  • Detail of a gold ear pendant dating to the first half of the eleventh century that was discovered in the small city of Hoogwoud in the Netherlands. The decoration includes an engraved depiction of what archaeologists believe is a praying priest. (Photo © Archeologie West-Friesland/Fleur Schinning)
  • Conservators clean a stone marker depicting two men playing the Maya ball game that was recently found at the site of Chichén Itzá in Mexico. (Courtesy INAH)
  • Relief of the zodiac sign Scorpio, before and after restoration, on the ceiling of the Temple of Esna in Esna, Egypt (Ahmed Amin, Egyptian Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities)
  • Threads of a woolen piece of fabric that is the oldest known example of true tartan ever discovered in Scotland, likely dating to the first half of the sixteenth century, shown magnified 30 times. (National Museums Scotland)
  • Archaeologist and artist Pedro Neciosup Gómez creates a drawing of the painted pillar displaying a pair of two-faced men in the Temple of the Painted Pillars in Pañamarca, Peru. (Lisa Trever)

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