The Archaeology Channel - Audio News from Archaeologica

News items read by Laura Pettigrew include: Pre-Viking wool tunic just one of many artifacts revealed by melting glaciers; hopes high that Native American burial mounds will go on National Register; Baltic monuments point to importance of Bronze Age maritime network; and scuttled ships and trading weights found in sunken Egyptian city.

News items read by Laura Pettigrew include: Coral tool chemistry measures migrations across early Polynesia; Chinese coin on East African island shows early long-range trade; ancient German reindeer hunters developed first fishhooks; and early estate in D.C. area yields evidence of slavery in the colonial era.

News items read by Laura Pettigrew include: Roman British graves marked with ditches and fence; Saharan burial site used for millennia; Chinese armor predates Terra Cotta Warriors by hundreds of years; and Oregon site suggests ancient human occupation.

News items read by Laura Pettigrew include: Ancient Roman temple of Jupiter found; analysis of dust reveals remains of Richard’s lionheart; prehistoric pipe residues show tobacco’s early use in Pacific Northwest; and Egyptian shoes tell stories of advanced construction, sore feet, and a limp.

News items read by Laura Pettigrew include: Very ancient temple discovered near Lima, Peru; gold and weapons accompanied Russian warrior after death; mudbrick pyramid of King Ramses’ vizier found at Luxor; and Indian village boasts huge Indus Civilization site.

News items read by Laura Pettigrew include: Hellenistic necropolis uncovered in Alexandria; sea birds symbolized migration of souls for vanished Newfoundland culture; new computer program can reconstruct early languages; and fire-god shrine found on top of the Pyramid of the Sun.

News items read by Laura Pettigrew include: Ancient rock art uncovered in Scottish Highlands; Pilgrims’ First Meeting House possibly discovered in Massachusetts; King Richard III found in a parking lot; and 2000-year-old pyramids excavated in Sudan.

News items read by Laura Pettigrew include: Soil studies show Poverty Point mound rose within months, not years; Sicilian mummies tell stories of life and death; Hunley cleaning process suggests entirely new cause of its sinking; and Nabatean city re-opened after vandalism repairs.

News items read by Laura Pettigrew include: Roman researchers find 19th century benchmark used to measure shape of earth; rare jade spoon uncovered in situ in Central America; Turkish weaving dates back millennia; and Mexican petroglyph panel discovered in new archaeological zone.

News items read by Laura Pettigrew include: Shaman’s crystal cache found in Panama; Colosseum graffiti shows where crowds provided their own entertainment; German burial shows complexity of early Celtic culture; and theft of crucial artifact from ancient Shiloh.

News items read by Laura Pettigrew include: Gold coin cache discovered in Iraq; mini dome may have been model for Italian cathedral; prehispanic Mexicans decorated their dead; and nothing new under the volcano: wall posts point to social networks in Pompeii.

News items read by Laura Pettigrew include: New work begins at famous Roman shipwreck; new site holds eight million mummies, mainly dogs; new Maya city excavations show continuity, then abrupt abandonment; and new find in Meroë shows stylishly plump princess.

News items read by Laura Pettigrew include: Roman era arts center excavated in the center of Rome; 4000-year-old weapons found near Mazatlan; ritual building uncovered at biblical site near Jerusalem; and Native American ritual burial grounds discovered in Maryland.

News items read by Laura Pettigrew include: Early Japanese warrior died facing wrath of the volcano; cemetery in Sonora shows 1000-year-old culture influenced by Mesoamerica; Ramses III: a murder wrapped in a mummy; and world’s oldest wood structures provide new insight on Neolithic expansion into Europe.

News items read by Laura Pettigrew include: Evidence of European cheesemaking dates back 7000 years; cauldrons and cattle skulls evidence of Iron-Age feast; ancient embalmers overlooked a tool; and garden shed turns out to be 18th century woodworking shop.