The Archaeology Channel - Audio News from Archaeologica

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Humans helped transport Stonehenge's massive Altar Stone hundreds of kilometers (details) (details) South Africa cave extends timeline of human fire use by hundreds of thousands of years (details) (details) Researchers find three shipwrecks in Bahamas linked to Golden Age of Piracy (details) Mass burial shows Copper Age children experienced high rates of respiratory illness (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Forensic archaeologists seek to unmask Namibia's colonial-led genocide (details) Ancient beds in South African cave show a glimpse of stone-age life (details) (details) DNA study in Peru unveils pre-Inca migration and marriage trends (details) (details) New DNA studies in Britain explore reality of historical impacts from Vikings and others (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Archaeologists investigate the Great Pyramid's resilient engineering (details) (details) Prehistoric megastructure found in small Romanian settlement (details) Ancient Mesoamericans used ritual transformations to connect to divine beings (details) (details) Archaeologists use medical kit to identify doctor among Pompeii's victims (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Study argues horse domestication and riding began earlier than believed (details) (details) Neanderthal tooth shows possible dental treatment 59,000 years ago (details) (details) Researchers challenge study that questioned Monte Verde antiquity (details) Restoration project reveals size of Amphipolis tomb (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Four new crew member identifications made from Arctic Franklin Expedition (details) (details) Maya highly valued dogs and traded them across long distances (details) (details) Australia presents earliest evidence of heat-treated chert for knapping (details) (details) Revised photography method helps uncover timber base of island in Scottish loch (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Patagonian burial site shows earlier habitation along the Atlantic coast of South America (details) Genetic research in Germany points to smaller-scale migrations of northerners after Roman rule. (details) (details) New evidence ties the origins of bread wheat to ancient Caucasus (details) Shamash Gate in Nineveh shows evidence of ancient and modern battles (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Papyrus fragment of the Iliad found inside Egyptian mummy (details) DNA study reveals population movements across Southern Cone (details) (details) Major settlement complex uncovered along Czech rail route (details) Study finds multiple factors behind Neanderthal extinction (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Ancient lakeshore charcoal remains indicate hominins used driftwood as fuel source (details) (details) Precolonial Bolivian mummy shows evidence of scarlet fever (details) (details) Ancient megastructure in Romania shows power of communal leadership (details) (details) Early humans deliberately made tools with geological features (details) (details)">details)">details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Isotopic analysis illuminates 10,000-year European gender gap in meat consumption (details) (details) Ancient humans ran stone factory for 100,000 years (details) (details) Ancient DNA reveals population collapse in northern France near the end of the Neolithic (details) (details) Ancient Maya architecture reveals shift in style of governance (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New Radiocarbon Dates Push Mohenjo-daro Back to 3300 BC- Rivaling the Earliest Cities of Egypt and Mesopotamia (details) (details) ative Americans were making dice, gambling, exploring probability millennia before their Old World counterparts (details) (details) Lost mosaic reveals first image of female beast-fighter from the Roman era (details) (details) Shroud of Turin may have Indian origin, DNA analysis suggests (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New dating of Monte Verde contradicts consensus on human settlement of South America (details)(details) Study traces roots foundations of democracy throughout the ancient world (details)(details) Genetic analysis reveals mixed genome of first Palau settlers (details) Iron Age hoards in Britain held technological and ritual significance (details)(details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Archaeologists conduct first carbon dating of Paleolithic paintings in southwestern France (details)(details) 43,000 written fragments chronicle centuries of everyday Egyptian life (details) Ancient parrot feathers point to complex pre-Inca logistical planning (details) Newly recovered artifact could be from Europe's oldest known handgun (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Arabic letter from Nubian king proves he was real (details)(details) DNA study dispels some popular notions about interactions of farmers and hunter-gatherers in Neolithic Europe (details)(details) Archaeologists discover ancient settlements and rock art during northern Mexico railway project (details) Recent findings at Templo Mayor in Mexico City shed more light on a colossal ceremonial ritual (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Ice Age carvings show complex sign systems 40,000 years before writing (details) Study suggests interbreeding mostly involved Neanderthal males and human females (details) Chimú geoglyph and large farming complex documented in Chicama Valley (details) Greek inscription in Syrian mosque adds evidence to Roman sun temple debate (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Environmental factors shaped genetic lineages of prehistoric Japan (details) (details) Experimental study confirms ancient Greeks could have safely brewed a psychoactive drink (details) (details) Newly discovered Venezuelan petroglyph is one of the oldest in the country (details) Novel dating techniques show Ubeidiya site is at least 1.9 million years old (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Oregon cave artifacts point to climate adaptation strategies (details)(details) Earliest Egyptian bow drill identified in legacy museum collection (details) Archaeologists document early open ocean travel in the High Arctic (details)(details) Ancient plant ranges reshape understanding of early farming (details)(details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Rare elephant bone in Spain offers physical trace of Hannibals war elephants (details) Archaeologists uncover early mammoth ivory workshop in Alaska (details) Researchers link early human innovation to movement and social connection (details) Newly uncovered Avar cemetery offers rare view of early medieval Hungary (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Researchers unearth oldest handheld tools made of wood (details) Zapotec tomb in Oaxaca features symbolic owl carving (details) Ancient Taş Tepeler pillars found in Adiyaman point to an expansive Neolithic culture (details) Advanced stone technology found in China poses new questions about early East Asians (details)(details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Indonesian island of Sulawesi holds world's oldest cave art almost 70,000 years old (details)(details) Oldest elephant-bone tool in Europe shows early human technological ability (details)(details) Ancient remains extend timeline of bacteria related to syphilis by more than 3,000 years (details)(details) Ancient mass burial in Jordan shows how massive plague reveals migration patterns (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Artifacts from Phrygian tomb suggest possible link to King Midas (details) Medieval Anglo-Saxon cemetery discovered in Suffolk, England (details) Medieval burials at Menga dolmen suggest symbolic significance of monument over 1000 years after construction (details)(details) New underwater remains add to record of El Huarco Archaeological Complex (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Long-hidden ancient landscape documented in Ecuadorian rainforest (details) Ancient poisoned arrowheads reveal complex hunting strategies in early humans (details)(details) Trove of ancient administrative artifacts found in Iran (details)(details) Rare Iron Age instrument unearthed during pre-construction excavation in England (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Lost Spanish mission site located in southeastern Texas (details) Early silver penny sheds light on Scotland's first coinage (details) Prehistoric hillfort shows signs of a very large settlement in eastern Ireland (details)(details) Ancient cremation of a woman puzzles archaeologists in Malawi (details)(details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Researchers discover 5,000-year-old textile fragments in Magura Cave in Bulgaria (details) First Maya patolli board found with mosaic design (details)(details) Indian stone labyrinth may indicate relationship with Roman traders (details) Ancient Hittite cuneiform fragment in the Czech Republic may be hoax (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New analysis documents technological developments in toolmaking at Terra Amata (details)(details) Ancient Chinese account of comet may substantiate biblical Star of Bethlehem (details)(details) Resilience theory helps tell story of ancient Chinese community's climate survival (details)(details) Bayeux Tapestry may have originally hung in monastic dining hall (details)(details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Excavations confirm lost Indigenous settlements described by John Smith (details) Earliest known intentional fire was set in England about 400,000 years ago (details) Botanical art from 8000 years ago shows early mathematical thinking (details)(details Ancient stone structures found beneath the waters off Brittany (details)(details

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Genetic study reveals long isolation of early humans in southern Africa (details)(details) Ancient DNA offers new clues about early cat domestication (details)(details) New findings explain why men and women were sacrificed differently in ancient China (details)(details) Excavation reveals traces of Tlatelolca people beneath Mexico City (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Cereal cultivation led to the development of early states (details)(details) Modern humans came to Australia 60,000 years ago along two routes (details)(details) New Peruvian astronomical structure the oldest in the Americas (details)(details) Pharoah Sheshonq III's sarcophagus uncovered in another king's tomb (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: 12,000-year-old artifact shows early symbolic link between woman and goose (details) Bronze Age settlement with metal production found on the Kazakh Steppe (details)(details) Underwater canoes in Lake Mendota reveal ancient travel routes (details) Ancient silver cup shows one of the earliest cosmic maps (details)(details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: 5,200-hole monument may be the oldest accounting system in the Andes (details)(details) Humans and dogs migrated together for 11,000 years (details) French naval base built on top of a 2,000-year-old port (details) Japan had the least Denisovan DNA in East Asia (details)(details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study increases map of Roman empire's roads by over 100,000 kilometers (details) (details) Very early stone tool technology lasting 300,000 years in Kenya (details) (details) 3,000-year-old Maya site built as map of universe (details) (details) Ice Age human activity discovered in Iberian highlands (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Archaeologists propose timeline for first human migration out of southern Africa (details)details) Unearthed artifacts point us to Maya politics and culture at Ek Balam (details) Newly discovered Neanderthal remains reveal intercontinental connections (details)details) New West African museum prompts discovery of artifacts from the Kingdom of Benin (details)details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Paleolithic stone tools reveal links between North America and Asia (details) (details) Archaeologists reconsider links between notable markers of the Bronze Age (details) (details) Cahokian wooden monument points to the city's political and economic peak (details) (details) Modern technologies reshape view of relationship between Australia's early human and megafaunal inhabitants (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study proposes that hominids outside Homo family used tools (details) (details) Discovery of a large Minoan labyrinth in Crete (details) Underwater archaeological site in Belize shows Maya production of salt (details)(details) Presumed plague in Egyptian temporary capitol may have not happened (details)(details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study shows how Easter Island inhabitants walked their moai statues (details) New date for ancient Egyptian temple comes from the shifting path of the Nile (details)(details) Public ritual practices helped form early Chinese state (details)(details) Ancient Peruvian empire may have used psychedelic beer to build relationships (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: China's earliest known urban society identified (details) New timeline proposed for emergence of Bering Land Bridge (details)(details) Now-extinct megafauna were a key part of human Ice Age diets (details)(details) Archaeologists investigate impact of climate change on Bronze Age societies and agriculture (details)(details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: 42,000-year-old jewelry workshop discovered in France (details) (details) Pre-Hispanic ceremonial structures and petroglyphs point to neglected history of Indigenous cultures in Mexico (details) New evidence from Bronze Age Sicily pushes back the arrival of the horse (details) (details) Advanced imaging helps researchers reconstruct the development of million-year-old human evolution in China (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Traces of exploding comet identified at Clovis archaeological sites (details) (details) World's oldest mummies were smoke-dried (details) (details) Interdisciplinary team confirms woman honored by Roman-era marble sculpture (details) (details) Archaeologists locate underwater port, a potential clue for the site of Cleopatra's tomb (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study indicates ancient hominins intentionally buried their dead (details) (details) Ancient red floor in Turkey shows Neolithic ritual life (details) Newly uncovered Caral city shows how residents peacefully adapted to climate change (details) British metal production continued after the Romans left (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New evidence of early agricultural behaviors beyond Fertile Crescent (details) (details) Vibrant 3,000-year-old Peruvian mural points to a coastal, pre-Inca artistic tradition (details) Excavation of a single Scottish field reveals 10,000 years of history (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: First known use of indigo dye found on Paleolithic era stones (details) (details) Archaeologists piece together 9,000-year-old tool-making workshop in West Africa (details) (details) Burial mounds promise new revelations about Iron Age communities in Kazakhstan (details) Newly discovered frog sculpture helps confirm Caral people's ecological connections (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study shows why early Persian Gulf communities were forced to design large-scale infrastructure (details) (details) New study traces transition from hunter-gatherers to the agricultural lifestyle (details) (details) First arrivals in Americas carried a genetic relic that helped fight diseases (details) New analysis of Neolithic cow's tooth found at Stonehenge confirms link to Wales (details) (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Multiple year-long droughts may have caused collapse of the Maya in the Yucatán Peninsula (details) (details) Silver Viking-Age hoard in England shows trade networks with Islamic World (details) Die-cast silver coins in Southeast Asia showcase regional connections (details) (details) New study indicates that Neolithic peoples cannibalized rival groups (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New research reveals Maya population much larger than earlier estimates (details)(details) Artifacts from unknown human relative found in Indonesia (details)(details) New excavations show some residents returned to Pompeii after Vesuvius eruption (details) Ancient DNA analysis redefines story of population development in the southern Caucasus (details)(details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Modeling study tests a Shroud of Turin creation hypothesis (details) (details) Medieval dental remains reveal the lifetime impact of early malnutrition (details) (details) Archaeologists identify mineral source for iconic ancient color, Maya Blue (details) (details) Ancient Celtic treasure trove unearthed in Czech Republic (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Lost Maya city of Sak-Bahlán rediscovered through GIS (details) (details) Early funerary ritual revealed in Israel's 100,000-year-old Tinshemet Cave (details) Bronze armor from the Late Bronze Age uncovered in the Czech Republic (details) Madagascar's Teniky Site shows unexpected Persian influence and ancient Indian Ocean connections (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Purdue Research Foundation and Archaeological Legacy Institute to embark on expedition to identify Amelia Earhart's missing plane (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Oldest ancient Egyptian genome indicates North African and Mesopotamian ancestry (details) (details) Flourishing 3,500-year-old city in Peru served as key trading post (details) Old Stone Age tools in China suggest sophisticated foraging techniques by early humans (details) New study reveals that Neanderthals practiced complex food-processing vital to human development (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study suggests "Dragon Man" skull may reveal what a Denisovan's face looked like (details) (details) Ancient Egyptian city of Imet was a thriving urban area (details) Research shows a large increase in human use of fire 50,000 years ago (details) Vanished civilization's ancient temple uncovered in South America (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Ancient dog DNA reveals connection between dog migration and farming spread into South America (details)(details) New evidence confirms great age of New Mexico footprints (details)(details) Ancient Roman city of Metlosedum found in modern day Melun (details) Noble Viking burials found in Denmark (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: First-of-its-kind Roman artifact unearthed in Ireland (details) Dental study reveals the story of the domestication of wild boars in early Neolithic China (details)(details) Excavation reveals centuries of Veracruz history from the Aztec Empire to the present day (details) Computer simulation assists archaeologists in mapping millennia-long Neanderthal migration (details)(details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Artificial intelligence model utilized to date handwriting on Dead Sea Scrolls (details) (details) Expansive, Millenia-Old Indigenous American crop fields indicate high-level social organization (details) Royal tomb in Turkey may belong to the relative of a legendary King (details) (details) Stone Age technological adaptations reveal far-reaching cultural exchange among Philippine islands (details) (details)