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: Tool re-use by early humans; linen and oil in ancient Levant; new Pictish symbol stone in Scotland; Monte Albán frieze decoded.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Gravesites at Canadian school for indigenous children; Stonehenge as a calendar; child sacrifice in ancient Peru; and geologic source for Willendorf Venus.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Meteoric iron in King Tut’s dagger; surgery performed on 5000-year-old skull from Spain; large Roman mosaic in London; and study of 3000-year-old trousers from far western China.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Early Buddhist temple in Pakistan; new method shows drowning in ancient death; medieval Papal seal on Gotland; and new traces of Coronado in Arizona.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: More terracotta warriors; earlier arrival of modern humans in western Europe; huge cache of inscribed sherds in Egypt; and hallucinogens as source of power in ancient Peru.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Long-distance trade by Indigenous Australians; cosmic catastrophe for the Ohio Valley Hopewell; threaded vertebrae reflect Conquistador atrocity; and early cave dwellers knew where to place their hearth.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Israeli Late Glacial site shows abundance; new questions about early Home meat eating; ground-penetrating radar results from Poverty Point; and UK peatlands drying out.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Ancient Chinese royal tomb with sacrificed warriors; Bronze Age highways in Saudia Arabia; pottery residues show very ancient West African cuisine; and hybrid horse-like animal in Mesopotamia.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New date for early African skull; leather scale armor in western China; Medieval warhorses were small; and African script shows stages of development.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Royal falconer statuette in Norway; horned helmets in Denmark are Bronze-Age; parasites from royal toilet in Jerusalem; and drought-resistant Maya food plants.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Lice glue and early Argentine culture; Chinese tomb murals; virtual unwrapping of pharaoh’s mummy; and anancient city in eastern Iran.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Mammon graveyard in England; ancient tobacco in Utah; Norse longhouse cluster in Norway; and last known slave ship in Alabama.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Greek infanticide; North America’s oldest domestic dog; Mesolithic infant burial in Italy; and early rise of cultural divergence in Britain.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Cahokia Mounds app and push for National Park status; Ethiopian megaliths; and crucified Roman in England; Denisovans in Tibet.
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Roman mosaic on English farm; Cyprus tomb shows distant connections; Tanzania footrprints; and surprising ancient diet at Lake Titicaca.
