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More From Digs & Discoveries

Enjoy these additional images from some of our November/December 2022 Digs & Discoveries. Image 1 is from “Reduce, Reuse, Recyle,” image 2 is from “Before and After,” image 3 is from “Royal Mountain Fortress,” image 4 is from “Miniature Gold Canvas,” and image 5 is from “Opening the Alabama Canal.”

  • Detail of polychrome mosaic showing elaborate geometric patterns and birds from House of Charidemos, Halicarnassus, Turkey (Photo by J. Isager)
  • Restored side of cage cup showing the word “VIVAS,” or “live,” which is part of the phrase “VIVAS FELICITER,” or “live happily” (Courtesy Inrap)
  • Archaeologists in Iraqi Kurdistan excavate a section of perimeter wall at the Rabana-Merquly fortress, which was constructed around 2,000 years ago. (© Rabana-Merquly Archaeological Project)
  • Detail of extremely finely engraved flower on a tiny ancient Korean gold artifact (Courtesy Gyeongju National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage)
  • Archival photo of the south end of a canoe canal in Alabama that dates to A.D. 600 (University of Alabama Museums)

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