News items read by Laura Kennedy include:                   Benjamin Franklin's innovative anti-counterfeiting tactics for early paper money                  (details) Vast labyrinth of ancient passages to the underworld revealed by cutting-edge imaging                  (details) Abandoned monastery ruins reveal gold coins hidden during attack                  (details) Neolithic polishing stone is second ever discovered in situ in England                  (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Benjamin Franklin's innovative anti-counterfeiting tactics for early paper money (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-07-benjamins-decipher-secrets-benjamin-franklin.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Vast labyrinth of ancient passages to the underworld revealed by cutting-edge imaging (<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/zapotec-underworld-entrance-mexico-180982552/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Abandoned monastery ruins reveal gold coins hidden during attack (<a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article277321553.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Neolithic polishing stone is second ever discovered in situ in England (<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/neolithic-polishing-boulder-england-180982539/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li></ul>

Audio News for July 16th through the 22nd, 2023

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:                   Remarkable mosaic discoveries and synagogue reconstruction: unveiling ancient Jewish artifacts in Huqoq, Galilee                  (details) Uncovering ancient secrets: new evidence pushes back human arrival in South America                  (details) Unveiling a Viking aristocracy: remarkable discoveries in a southern Norwegian grave                  (details) Oldest genetic data from two-million-year-old African hominin revealed                  (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Remarkable mosaic discoveries and synagogue reconstruction: unveiling ancient Jewish artifacts in Huqoq, Galilee (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-07-archaeological-galilee-uncovers-mosaics-samson.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Uncovering ancient secrets: new evidence pushes back human arrival in South America (<a href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-evolution-human-origins/humans-south-america-0018819" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Unveiling a Viking aristocracy: remarkable discoveries in a southern Norwegian grave (<a href="https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-viking-age-vikings/heres-what-the-archaeologists-found-in-the-viking-grave-the-heiland-family-discovered-in-their-garden/2224983" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Oldest genetic data from two-million-year-old African hominin revealed (<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02242-z" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li></ul>

Audio News for July 9th through the 15th, 2023

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:                   Huge Ice Age hand-axes found in England                  (details)                  (details)                   Innovative study finds early evidence of prehistoric plant technology                  (details) Surprisingly large, aligned, Mesolithic pits turn up in England                  (details) Dating of prehistoric teeth suggests Oregon site is among the oldest in North America                  (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Huge Ice Age hand-axes found in England (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/300000-year-old-giant-prehistoric-handaxes-found-in-kent/147948" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>) (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-07-giant-stone-artifacts-rare-ice.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>) </li> <li>Innovative study finds early evidence of prehistoric plant technology (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-06-invisible-technology-prehistoric-philippines.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Surprisingly large, aligned, Mesolithic pits turn up in England (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/03/discovery-25-mesolithic-pits-bedfordshire-astounds-archaeologists" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Dating of prehistoric teeth suggests Oregon site is among the oldest in North America (<a href="https://www.blm.gov/press-release/testing-yields-new-evidence-human-occupation-18000-years-ago-oregon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li></ul>

Audio News for July 2nd through the 8th, 2023

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:                   Pizza precursor seen in Pompeiian painting                  (details) Intensification of agriculture linked to early deaths in pre-colonial North America                  (details) Girl in early Anglo-Saxon Christian burial came from central Europe                  (details) Kenyan fossil suggests cannibalism among hominin ancestors                  (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Pizza precursor seen in Pompeiian painting (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/2000-year-old-not-a-pizza-fresco-discovered-in-pompeii" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Intensification of agriculture linked to early deaths in pre-colonial North America (<a href="https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/agriculture-linked-changes-age-independent-mortality-north-america/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Girl in early Anglo-Saxon Christian burial came from central Europe (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/face-of-anglo-saxon-teen-vip-revealed-with-new-evidence-about-her-life/147840" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Kenyan fossil suggests cannibalism among hominin ancestors (<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/our-human-relatives-butchered-and-ate-each-other-145-million-years-ago-180982425/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li></ul>

Audio News for June 25th through July 1st, 2023

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:                   Andean research shows drought cycles led to violence                  (details) Muscular modeling of “Lucy” fossil shows she could walk upright with ease                  (details) Models of European Neolithic show cycles of warfare causing population collapse                  (details) Bronze Age sword found in Bavaria                  (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Andean research shows drought cycles led to violence (<a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230615183112.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Muscular modeling of “Lucy” fossil shows she could walk upright with ease (<a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/lucy-reconstructed-secrets-of-ancient-human-ancestor-revealed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Models of European Neolithic show cycles of warfare causing population collapse (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-06-warfare-responsible-boom-bust-neolithic-societies.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Bronze Age sword found in Bavaria (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/well-preserved-3000-year-old-sword-found-in-germany/147628" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li></ul>

Audio News for June 18th through the 24th, 2023

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:                   Archaeologists use crime forensics to prove Paleo-Americans hunted megafauna                  (details) Laotian cave suggests migrations toward Australia 10,000 years earlier than thought                  (details) Small brain size didn't prevent early hominins from complex ideas like burying the dead                  (details) New Bronze Age burial mounds discovered ten miles from Stonehenge                  (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Archaeologists use crime forensics to prove Paleo-Americans hunted megafauna (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-06-paleo-americans-mastodons-mammoths-megafauna-eastern.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Laotian cave suggests migrations toward Australia 10,000 years earlier than thought (<a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/oldest-signs-of-human-ancestors-trek-to-australia-found-in-laotian-cave" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Small brain size didn't prevent early hominins from complex ideas like burying the dead (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-06-small-brained-ancient-human-cousins-dead.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>New Bronze Age burial mounds discovered ten miles from Stonehenge (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/vast-cemetery-of-bronze-age-burial-mounds-unearthed-near-stonehenge" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li></ul>

Audio News for June 11th through the 17th, 2023

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:                   Remnants of settlement belonging to little-known Dalma culture discovered in Iran                  (details) 12,000-year-old bird-bone flutes in Israel may have been used for hunting                  (details) Vessels that once contained ritual offerings discovered in ancient Maya city of Uxmal                  (details) New study finds deadly strain of malaria preserved in jarred organs of a scion of the famous Medicis                  (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Remnants of settlement belonging to little-known Dalma culture discovered in Iran (<a href="https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/485546/Archaeologists-hail-find-of-7-000-year-old-relics-in-northwest" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>12,000-year-old bird-bone flutes in Israel may have been used for hunting (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-say-12000-year-old-flutes-discovered-in-northern-israel-may-have-been-used-to-lure-falcons/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Vessels that once contained ritual offerings discovered in ancient Maya city of Uxmal (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/maya-ritual-offerings-discovered-at-uxmal/1475644" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>New study finds deadly strain of malaria preserved in jarred organs of a scion of the famous Medicis (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/medici-familys-famous-hunting-grounds-may-have-killed-them-report-suggests" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li></ul>

Audio News for June 4th through the 10th, 2023

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:                   Excavation reveals 3,000-year-old wheat flour in ancient Armenian bakery                  (details) New study finds biblical Judean elites had even more gastrointestinal assailants than previously known                  (details)                  (details)                   Australian rock art depicting distinctive boats reveals previously unknown link with Indonesian culture                  (details) Survey shows ancient craftsmen risked life and limb to craft stone tools                  (details)                  (details)                  

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Excavation reveals 3,000-year-old wheat flour in ancient Armenian bakery (<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/armenia-bakery-flour-discovery-180982247/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>New study finds biblical Judean elites had even more gastrointestinal assailants than previously known (<a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230526121100.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/parasitology/article/giardia-duodenalis-and-dysentery-in-iron-age-jerusalem-7th6th-century-bce/FD98E6D61F8D264616547EA4EBED69E4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>) </li> <li>Australian rock art depicting distinctive boats reveals previously unknown link with Indonesian culture (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/moluccan-boats-from-indonesia-identified-in-australian-rock-art/147513" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Survey shows ancient craftsmen risked life and limb to craft stone tools (<a href="https://www.kent.edu/cas/news/despite-dangers-early-humans-risked-life-threatening-flintknapping-injuries" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-antiquity/article/injury-costs-of-knapping/38646F8580956D68F2AFFDD9C98DD8B4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>) </li></ul>

Audio News for May 28th through June 3rd, 2023

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:                   Petroglyphs from Jordan and Saudi Arabia are world’s oldest scale blueprints                  (details) Pennsylvania dig explores first battle site in French and Indian War                  (details) Middle Pleistocene site in Spain reveals evidence for controlled cooking fires                  (details) Roman temple site in Brittany shows worship of both Celtic and Roman gods                  (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Petroglyphs from Jordan and Saudi Arabia are world’s oldest scale blueprints (<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-the-oldest-known-blueprints-180982207/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Pennsylvania dig explores first battle site in French and Indian War (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/archaeologists-uncover-first-shots-of-the-french-and-indian-war/147406" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Middle Pleistocene site in Spain reveals evidence for controlled cooking fires (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-05-humans-europe-years-earlier-previously.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Roman temple site in Brittany shows worship of both Celtic and Roman gods (<a href="https://www.winchester.ac.uk/news-and-events/press-centre/media-articles/roman-temple-thought-to-be-dedicated-to-mars-could-actually-have-been-used-to-worship-many-gods.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li></ul>

Audio News for May 21st through the 27th, 2023

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:                   Megalith tomb in Spain uses rippled rock to reflect summer solstice light                  (details) Scoreboard for Maya ballgame found with late ninth-century hieroglyphics                  (details) Germany's oldest human footprints found in lakeshore silt                  (details) First large-scale survey of early Roman sites in Scotland shows intensive conquest efforts                  (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Megalith tomb in Spain uses rippled rock to reflect summer solstice light (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/5400-year-old-tomb-discovered-in-spain-perfectly-captures-the-summer-solstice" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Scoreboard for Maya ballgame found with late ninth-century hieroglyphics (<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-65250018" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Germany's oldest human footprints found in lakeshore silt (<a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/oldest-examples-of-human-footprints-hint-at-our-ancestors-lives-300000-years-ago" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>First large-scale survey of early Roman sites in Scotland shows intensive conquest efforts (<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-65388673" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li></ul>

Audio News for May 14th through the 20th, 2023

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.

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:                   Mitochondrial DNA analysis suggests early Asian migrations to the Americas and Japan                  (details) 400-year-old-skeleton unearthed in Maryland believed to be discarded remains of teenaged indentured servant                  (details) Decline of the Indus Civilization megacities likely due to long periods of drought                  (details) Preserved 7,000-year-old road discovered beneath the Adriatic Sea                  (details)                  (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Mitochondrial DNA analysis suggests early Asian migrations to the Americas and Japan (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-05-evidence-ice-age-human-migrations.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>400-year-old-skeleton unearthed in Maryland believed to be discarded remains of teenaged indentured servant (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/haphazard-burial-of-400-year-old-skeleton-from-colonial-maryland-points-to-tragic-fate-of-indentured-teenager" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Decline of the Indus Civilization megacities likely due to long periods of drought (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/periods-of-prolonged-droughts-caused-downfall-of-indus-megacities/147149" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Preserved 7,000-year-old road discovered beneath the Adriatic Sea (<a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/road-built-7000-years-ago-found-at-the-bottom-of-the-mediterranean-sea" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>) (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/underwater-archaeologists-discover-a-7000-year-old-road-in-croatia/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li></ul>

Audio News for May 7th through the 13th, 2023.

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:                   Recently unearthed Romano-Egyptian Buddha was the product of an interlinked ancient world                  (details)                  (details)                   Underwater survey finds old military cemetery and hospital near Florida islands                  (details)                  (details)                   Artificial intelligence model learns to translate ancient Akkadian texts                  (details)  Study of 150,000 year old Senegalese site gives evidence of cultural and climatic continuity                  (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Recently unearthed Romano-Egyptian Buddha was the product of an interlinked ancient world (<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/buddha-statue-found-berenike-egypt-180982075/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2023/04/20/garum-masala-indian-ocean-trade-in-antiquity-cobb/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>) </li> <li>Underwater survey finds old military cemetery and hospital near Florida islands (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/remains-of-quarantine-hospital-found-on-submerged-island/147164" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.kentucky.com/news/nation-world/national/article274978691.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>) </li> <li>Artificial intelligence model learns to translate ancient Akkadian texts (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/israeli-researchers-create-ai-to-translate-ancient-cuneiform-akkadian-texts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li> Study of 150,000 year old Senegalese site gives evidence of cultural and climatic continuity (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-05-reveals-longstanding-cultural-oldest-occupied.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li></ul>

Audio News for April 30th through May 6th, 2023

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:                   Wooden ritual mask from Osaka comes from the early agricultural period                  (details) Ancient cemetery below Paris holds burials from early Roman Gaul                  (details) New burial analysis shows Puerto Rico’s first inhabitants were more complex than previously thought                  (details) Spanish bone tool shows how Ice Age occupants made their clothing                  (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Wooden ritual mask from Osaka comes from the early agricultural period (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/1800-year-old-ritual-mask-uncovered-in-osaka-prefecture/147079" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Ancient cemetery below Paris holds burials from early Roman Gaul (<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/parisian-archaeologists-discover-gallo-roman-necropolis-under-train-station-180982056/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>New burial analysis shows Puerto Rico’s first inhabitants were more complex than previously thought (<a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/oldest-human-remains-puerto-rico-contradict-idea-simple-island-nomads" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Spanish bone tool shows how Ice Age occupants made their clothing (<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-39600-year-old-bone-may-have-been-used-by-prehistoric-tailors-180982033/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li></ul>

Audio News for April 23rd through the 29th, 2023

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:                   Hoard of Roman coins from period of turbulent civil wars unearthed in Tuscany                  (details) DNA analysis reveals genetic diversity and dynastic politics of massive ancient central Asian empire                  (details) Medieval Norse settlers of Greenland confirmed to have imported timber from North America                  (details) Mystery of Blackbeard’s coal found not to be much of a mystery                  (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Hoard of Roman coins from period of turbulent civil wars unearthed in Tuscany (<a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.livescience.com%2Farchaeology%2Fromans%2F2000-year-old-hoard-of-roman-coins-may-have-been-hidden-by-a-soldier-during-a-bloody-civil-war-in-italy&amp;data=05%7C01%7C%7C4e52329022a146859eed08db42a4a507%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638177047138253887%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=QVG%2FAXfG8b97SjLl%2FulGiasifL%2B57fT5qEcF8y6fxpw%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>DNA analysis reveals genetic diversity and dynastic politics of massive ancient central Asian empire (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-princesses-helped-build-vast-warrior-empire-that-prompted-china-to-erect-the-great-wall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Medieval Norse settlers of Greenland confirmed to have imported timber from North America (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-04-norse-greenlanders-imported-timber-north.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Mystery of Blackbeard’s coal found not to be much of a mystery (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-04-solution-coal-conundrum-famous-pirate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li></ul>

Audio News April 16th through the 22nd, 2023

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:                   Hair strands reveal Bronze Age psychedelic drug use                  (details)                  (details) Ornate Christian frescoes emerge at site of medieval African capital                  (details)                  (details) Ancient humans ambushed giant wild cows in the Levant                  (details) Climate changes may have driven Maya decline                  (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Hair strands reveal Bronze Age psychedelic drug use (<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-european-hallucinogenic-drugs-hair-strands-180981956/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>) (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-04-evidence-drug-bronze-age-ceremonies.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Ornate Christian frescoes emerge at site of medieval African capital (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/archaeologists-uncover-ornate-christian-frescos-in-old-dongola/146809" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.iflscience.com/unique-medieval-christian-art-discovered-by-accident-in-sudan-desert-68401" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Ancient humans ambushed giant wild cows in the Levant (<a href="https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/56126/20230407/giant-cows-killed-ancestors-using-unique-hunting-technique-ancient-israel.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Climate changes may have driven Maya decline (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-04-rainfall-disintegration-early-maya-societies.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li></ul>

Audio News April 9th through the 15th, 2023

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:                   More finds at major site in Miami, Florida, pit preservation against development                  (details) Roman jewelry in Judea burial includes protective symbol of moon goddess                  (details) Severed hands in Egyptian palace pits may have been war trophies                  (details) South African cave produces evidence that early occupants ate giant snails                  (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>More finds at major site in Miami, Florida, pit preservation against development (<a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/real-estate-news/article273776890.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Roman jewelry in Judea burial includes protective symbol of moon goddess (<a href="https://www.iflscience.com/goddess-symbol-adorns-1800-year-old-gold-jewelry-from-jerusalem-cave-68286" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Severed hands in Egyptian palace pits may have been war trophies (<a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/a-pit-of-severed-hands-could-be-the-remains-of-a-grisly-ancient-egyptian-ceremony" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>South African cave produces evidence that early occupants ate giant snails (<a href="http://www.iflscience.com/ancient-humans-cooked-and-ate-giant-land-snails-around-170000-years-ago-68292" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li></ul>

Audio News April 2nd through the 8th, 2023

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:                   Analysis of Swahili genetics shows cosmopolitan history, supports oral tradition                  (details)                  (details)                  (details)                  (details)                   Archaeologists in Israel unearth 6000-year-old fishhook probably used to catch sharks                  (details)                  (details)                   Horses were an integral part of Indigenous American cultures within decades of their landing in North America, new study shows                  (details)                  (details) Roman quarry and dump in Brittany yields artifacts from fifteen centuries of use                  (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Analysis of Swahili genetics shows cosmopolitan history, supports oral tradition (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-03-life-uncovers-ancient-dna-swahili.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/genetic-study-details-complex-ancestry-east-africas-swahili-people-2023-03-29/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.popsci.com/science/swahili-people-africa-asia/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00941-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>) </li> <li>Archaeologists in Israel unearth 6000-year-old fishhook probably used to catch sharks (<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/ancient-jaws-recently-found-6000-year-old-copper-fishhook-was-likely-for-sharks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/ancient-fish-hook-suggests-sharks-were-hunted-off-israels-coast-6000-years-ago" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>) </li> <li>Horses were an integral part of Indigenous American cultures within decades of their landing in North America, new study shows (<a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230330172129.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adc9691" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Roman quarry and dump in Brittany yields artifacts from fifteen centuries of use (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/roman-era-trash-dump-containing-naked-venus-statue-and-other-artifacts-unearthed-in-france" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li></ul>

Audio News for March 26th through April 1st, 2023

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:                   7,000-year-old cemetery reveals oldest evidence of cattle bloodletting                  (details) Archaeologists discover rare Zodiac reliefs in Egyptian Temple of Esna                  (details)  Genomic analyses of hair from Ludwig van Beethoven reveals clues about his death                  (details)                  (details)                   (details)                  (details)                  (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>7,000-year-old cemetery reveals oldest evidence of cattle bloodletting (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/tools-for-bleeding-cows-uncovered-in-7000-year-old-cemetery/146643" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Archaeologists discover rare Zodiac reliefs in Egyptian Temple of Esna (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/celestial-reliefs-depicting-the-heavens-uncovered-in-the-temple-of-esna/146614" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li> Genomic analyses of hair from Ludwig van Beethoven reveals clues about his death (<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dna-from-beethovens-hair-reveals-clues-about-his-death-180981870/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>) (<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10354-021-00833-x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li> (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/guiding-serpent-sculpture-discovered-at-chichen-itza/146572" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Chichen-Itza" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Kukulcan/#:~:text=Kukulcan%20%26%20the%20Yucatec%20Maya&amp;text=Their%20chief%20god%20was%20the,wind%2C%20storms%2C%20and%20life" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li></ul>

Audio News for March 19th through the 25th, 2023

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:                   Discovery suggests Iberians crafted steel tools a millennium before the Romans                  (details) Excavations reveal Cypriot village as site of significant Mediterranean Bronze Age trading hub                  (details) New analysis of the Colchester Vase provides insight into gladiatorial games in Roman Britain                  (details) Laser and chemical analysis of Wari pottery shows local creative diversity in ancient Peru                  (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Discovery suggests Iberians crafted steel tools a millennium before the Romans (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/bronze-age-craftspeople-tempered-steel-more-than-1000-years-before-the-romans-did-it" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Excavations reveal Cypriot village as site of significant Mediterranean Bronze Age trading hub (<a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230316114041.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>New analysis of the Colchester Vase provides insight into gladiatorial games in Roman Britain (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/gladiators-fought-in-roman-britain-action-packed-cremation-urn-carvings-reveal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Laser and chemical analysis of Wari pottery shows local creative diversity in ancient Peru (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-03-lasers-chemistry-reveal-ancient-pottery.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li></ul>

Audio News for March 12th through the 18th, 2023

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:                   Early ice skates from western China may show Bronze Age ties with Europe                  (details) Kurgan remains suggest they were riding horses by 3,000 BC, much earlier than thought                  (details) Lake sediment study shows how Preclassic Maya city polluted the nearby lake                  (details) Runic inscription on Danish find is oldest known mention of Norse god Odin                  (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Early ice skates from western China may show Bronze Age ties with Europe (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/bronze-age-ice-skates-with-bone-blades-discovered-in-china" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Kurgan remains suggest they were riding horses by 3,000 BC, much earlier than thought (<a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/humans-started-riding-horses-5-000-years-ago-new-evidence-suggests/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Lake sediment study shows how Preclassic Maya city polluted the nearby lake (<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00726-4#Sec8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li> <li>Runic inscription on Danish find is oldest known mention of Norse god Odin (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-03-oldest-norse-god-odin-danish.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">details</a>)</li></ul>

Audio News for March 5th through the 11th, 2023

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