The Archaeology Channel - Audio News from Archaeologica
Summary: The news of the week in audio, for many years compiled and written by the late Michelle Hilling of Archaeologica, is now the product of our dedicated volunteer team. Read by Laura Kennedy, the Audio News is compiled from Archaeologica’s daily news updates. The musical interludes are original compositions by Anthony Kennedy. The Audio News from Archaeologica is compiled from Archaeologica.org's daily news updates.
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Podcasts:
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: 2000 clay stamps in Roman archive; Egyptian baboon DNA points to Punt; DNA evidences early migration to California; and advanced hydraulic structure in Sumeria.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Tools revealed by melting British Columbia ice; southwest Norway site evidences early agriculture; lion mosaic in northwestern Turkey; and study of Australian Aboriginal agriculture.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Crimean DNA linked to early modern human in western Europe; headless skeletons in China; trove of coins off coast of Sardinia; and architecture connects Maya cities of Edzná and Chichén Itzá.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Complex mixture in ancient Egyptian mug; true identity of El Tigre; shipwreck exemplifies China’s Maritime Silk Road; and Neolithic warfare in Spain.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Chinese stone grenades; Mexican painted snake head; Acheulean hand axe in Medieval painting; and ancient hydraulic engineering in the Sahara.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Independent Copper Age settlements in Spain; Neanderthal fire in Portuguese cave; older dates for Puerto Rican cave art; and AI used to decipher carbonized Roman scrolls.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Neanderthals hunted lions, wore their pelts; pre-Columbian Caribbean cultures’ plant-based diets; Rise in cranial trauma accompanied initial urbanizations; and Stone Age herders prized their grinding tools.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Hidden Amazonian structures; effects of prehistoric cosmic airburst; lush land-route for ancient African diaspora; and evidence of funerary cannibalism.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Chinese tomb inscription; Texas mummy constipation; unknown language in Hittite tablet; and intact arrow from thawing Norwegian glacier.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Black earth in the Amazon; sunken port city in Egypt; wood structure built by pre-humans; and Viking antler combs.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Skeleton in Turkey confirms ancient earthquake; humans wearing footwear 150,000 years ago; Medieval artifacts point to magic rituals on the Hajj; and millenium-old hirsute mummy in Lima, Peru.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Rare Chinese chime bells; diving bell off Florida coast; Roman swords in Dead Sea cave; and Israeli researcher proposes prey size affected technology advances.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Shanidar Cave flower burial debunked; ancient human population bottleneck; ancient Southern California wildfires; and Confederate skeletons at Civil War battlefield.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Proteins on ancient cauldrons; physical evidence of two Jerusalem destructions; drum-like dance floor in Peru; and DNA from 2900-year-old Assyrian brick.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Early drainage system in China; Iceman Ötzi had dark skin; Medieval girl in England buried face down; and Nautilus shell beads in Indonesia.
