The Archaeology Channel - Audio News from Archaeologica

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New genomic testing sheds light on collapse of Maya civilization (details) (details) 7,000-year study of desert monuments reflects climate shift (details) (details) Presumed Iron Age Roman war cemetery actually holds pre-Roman British infighting casualties (details) (details) Vast slave burial site uncovered in Brazil (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Political events and cultural shifts influenced the genetic landscape of Spain (details) (details) Tomb and artifacts uncovered in ancient Peruvian citadel (details) Indonesian sea floor gives up two Homo erectus skull fragments (details) (details) Rare ebony African figurines uncovered in Israel (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study of obsidian artifacts in Mexico points to large Mesoamerican trading network (details)(details) Research team uncovers diversity of pregnancy depictions among Viking age communities (details)(details) Excavation of new ancient relief depicts last great Assyrian king (details) Scientific analysis undermines hypothesis behind burial place of Macedonia's Phillip II (details)(details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Philodemus' lost work identified in the charred Herculaneum papyri (details) From Britain to the Mediterranean: tracing Bronze Age tin trade across civilizations (details)(details) wo swastika-engraved swords discovered in an ancient Celtic necropolis in France (details) Uncovering ancient ritual drug use at pre-Inca site in Peru (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Genetic study fills in the story of New Mexico tribe's Chaco Canyon ancestry (details) (details) Luxor obelisk may have displayed “propaganda” praising Ramesses II (details) Ancient human settlement on Scottish island reveals previously unknown extent of nomadic travel (details) (details) Milky Way Galaxy identified in ancient Egyptian burial art (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study finds first physical evidence for Roman era human-animal gladiatorial combat in Europe (details) (details) Ancient DNA shows Punic people had virtually no Levantine ancestors (details) Ancient DNA shows Punic people had virtually no Levantine ancestors (details) Mongolia's earliest pottery is 2,000 years older than previously thought (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study reveals that social inequality isn't inevitable (details) (details) Human remains in Texas show evidence of ancient cultural practices (details) Research indicates domestic cats originated in Tunisia (details) (details) (details) Tree ring study indicates drought led to barbarians attacking Roman Britain (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Extremely rare Denisovan jawbone confirms human cousins spread across Asia (details)(details) Teotihuacan Altar found in Guatemala reveals cultural crossover in thriving city-state of Tikal (details)(details)(details) Ancient tools from a South African cave reveal interactions among prehistoric peoples (details) North Macedonian ruins might be the lost capital of the Kingdom of Lyncestis (details)(details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Kach Kouch in Morocco shows Bronze Age habitation, refuting past narratives of emptiness (details) (details) Middle Paleolithic people in China developed innovative stone tools (details) Researchers find ancient weapon system in Texas caves (details) (details) Sutton Hoo helmet likely originated in Scandinavia (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New evidence from Basur Höyük reveals egalitarian funerary practices in Bronze Age Mesopotamia (details) (details) Starch granules and the cultural significance of geophytes in Western North America during Prehistoric times (details) (details) Devastating wildfires threaten South Korea's cultural heritage and historic sites (details) Ritual and care: analyzing the dog remains from the Nescot shaft in Roman Britain (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study shows monument discovered in the 80s is two centuries older than Stonehenge (details) (details) Egyptian colonial cemetery reveals pyramid tombs weren't only for the elite (details) (details) First evidence of human habitation on the Tibetan Plateau during "unsurvivable" Last Glacial Maximum (details) (details) 133 Pre-Columbian artifacts returned to Honduras after decades in a Paris museum (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study illuminates the important relationship between Neanderthals and modern humans (details) (details) Ancient DNA reveals relationships between Stone Age Europeans and North Africans (details) (details) Mysterious Pre-Columbian burial investigated in Ecuador (details) (details) Ancient Greek burial monument located near Corinth (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Sophisticated irrigation system uncovered in ancient city of Eridu (details) (details) Migration, not culture, influenced Europe's Celtic languages (details) (details) Ancient ceramic “puppets” in El Salvador show Central American connections (details) (details) World's oldest bone tools reported from Olduvai Gorge (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Fossilized track marks indicate earliest known use of handcarts (details)(details) DNA tracing confirms complex genetic backgrounds of the Huns (details)(details) Super heating and cooling from Vesuvius eruption caused glass brain (details)(details) Research summary: Göbekli Tepe was a domestic site (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: King Thutmose II's tomb found, the first royal burial discovery in over a century (details)(details)(details) Laser technology uncovers intricate fifteenth century Zapotec city (details)(details) Plague epidemics likely started a century before the Black Death (details)(details) Excavation uncovers section of Great Wall 300 years older than previous estimates (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Archaeologists uncover Silla Kingdom palace site, revealing royal structures and advanced engineering (details) Ancient skeletons found in the Thames may indicate Bronze and Iron Age conflicts (details) Study uncovers complex genetic origins of the Fulani, one of Africa's largest pastoral groups (details) (details) 2,000-year-old ancient tombs discovered in Colombia by local waffle chain (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Roots of Indo-European languages revealed by ancient DNA (details) (details) Arabic manuscript contains lost works of the Greek “Great Geometer” Apollonius (details) Changes in North American Indigenous population outlined by radiocarbon-dated artifacts (details) Interdisciplinary team peers inside Mount Vesuvius-damaged scroll (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: English seaside residence identified as the lost site of King Harold's 11th-century home (details)(details) Unique drainage and irrigation system supported Amazon's first grain-based agrarian economy (details)(details) Roman sanctuary discovered deep within Spain's key Paleolithic site (details) DNA research traces the human-influenced development of sheep genomes over 12 millennia (details)(details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Oldest known presence of hominins in Europe found in Romania (details) (details) Volcanic ash may have helped develop ancient Bolivian city (details) Human effort made Australia's earth rings (details(details)) Ancient trade between strangers may explain the creation of money (details)(details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Amelia Earhart's airplane possibly discovered in satellite imagery (details) Archaeologists find underground Inca tunnel system (details) Iron Age Celtic communities in Britain based on female lineage (details) (details) Excavators uncover opulent Pompeii bathhouse (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Anglo-Saxon connections with Byzantium shown in Sutton Hoo burials (details) (details) Pottery production in Iraq shows evidence of early specialization dating back 8,000 years (details) Ancient DNA and human migrations shed light on the genetic history of Indonesia (details) (details) Strontium isotope map used to decode the mystery of the origins of wildlife and individuals in the past (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Possible burial of a female medieval warrior located in Hungary (details)(details) New DNA analysis method brings historic European migrations into focus (details)(details) Eighteenth-century Russian cargo unearthed from a Caspian Sea shipwreck in Iran (details) (details) Colonial-era angel murals unearthed at historic Boston church (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Spectacular shipwreck bearing 10,000 ceramics lay untouched in Aegean for over a millennium (details) Ancient genomes reveal Bronze Age branching of Indo-European language groups (details) (details) Villa double the size of US White House revealed within ancient Assyrian capital (details)(details) 1,500-year-old Peruvian tomb holds teenage human sacrifices to family members (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Silver amulet may reveal spread of Christianity north of the Alps (details) Remains of 40 people from the Bronze Age reveal violent deaths (details) (details) Site of Alexander the Great's most important battle is located (details) Syphilis started in the Americas, not Europe (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Archaeologists uncover sarcophagus that may belong to Saint Nicholas (details) Two studies support new date of Neanderthals interbreeding with humans (details) Manot Cave shows evidence of earliest communal ritual on Asian continent (details) (details) President Andrew Jackson's slave cemetery found on his property (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New findings from Shakhi Kora evidence the first government system dates back to the 4th millennium (details) (details) Ancient undeciphered script found on tablet in Georgia (details) (details) New Alaska discoveries push human-canid relationship record back 2,000 years (details) (details) Archaeologists discover hidden treasures beneath Notre Dame Cathedral during reconstruction (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: European Pleistocene lithics mark key development in human technological evolution (details) (details) Newly uncovered ancient dams showcase Liangzhu's advanced hydraulic engineering (details) Pre-Columbian fishery system discovered in Belize sustained thousands (details) (details) Footprints in Kenya reveal coexistence of multiple hominin species (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Newly discovered alphabet could be oldest in human history (details) Cutting-edge imaging reveals hidden text in legendary Blue Qur'an (details) New statistics technique better detehttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/11/241119181845.htm Bermuda dig reveals forgotten Colonial-era history (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Satellite imaging pinpoints location of ancient Islamic battle (details) (details) Earliest known Maya salt production site uncovered in Belize (details) (details) Dexterity in australopithecines like Lucy may have developed far earlier than thought (details) (details) Ancient Greece's cultural rise started a century earlier than previously thought—new research (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Mesopotamian cylinder seals linked to development of writing system (details) (details) DNA analysis challenges previous assumptions about Pompeii body casts (details) (details) Ice Age stone tablets show oldest known images of fishing nets (details) (details) Excavation of Peruvian burial mound reveals 76 child sacrifice victims (details) å

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Archaeologists discover bronze plaque with inscriptions at monumental temple of Poseidon in Greece (details) New evidence reveals prehistoric Polynesians' southernmost voyage (details) (details) LiDAR technology reveals ancient Maya settlement patterns in Campeche (details) (details) (details) 4,000-year-old Bronze Age settlement found at Khaybar Oasis in Saudi Arabia (details) (details) å

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Rare Minoan sanctuary discovered at Archanes (details) Copper Age Carpathian miners spurred developments in the wheel (details)(details) Forgotten colonial-era settlement found beneath the Amazon rainforest (details) High-altitude settlements along the Silk Road puzzle archaeologists (details)(details) å

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New documentary suggest Columbus was of Spanish Jewish heritage (details) Untouched burial chamber discovered beneath Petra's ‘Treasury' (details)(details) Unearthed throne room suggests Peru's ancient Moche society had a female ruler (details)(details) Fifty well-preserved Viking era skeletons discovered in Denmark (details) å

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Rising and lowering sea levels influenced living patterns of earliest coastal villages (details) (details) Jade artifacts reveal evidence of trade between two cultures in ancient China (details) Early Neolithic longhouse uncovered in Poland (details) Scythian-like horse sacrifice in southern Siberia royal tomb (details) (details) å

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Archaeologists discover large cemetery of Viking skeletons (details) More than 1000 clay tablets returned from Chicago to Iran (details) Walrus ivory shows interactions between Vikings and Indigenous North Americans (details) (details) South African site shows 9,000 years of genetic continuity (details)(details) å

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Identified Nazca Lines nearly doubled with assistance from AI model (details)(details) Surprise discovery of centuries-old sweet potato cultivation in New Zealand (details)(details) DNA analysis reveals gender imbalance in the Neolithic necropolis of Panoría (details)(details) Bronze Age find reveals second origin point for cheese (details)(details) å

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Analysis of America's oldest tombstone illuminates colonial era trade networks (details) South African rock art may depict animal that went extinct before dinosaurs (details) (details) Mystery man interred under Notre-Dame nave was noted French poet (details) Isotopic and stylistic analysis reveals The Lion of Venice's Chinese origins (details) å

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: DNA of 'Thorin,' one of the last Neanderthals, finally sequenced, revealing inbreeding and 50,000 years of genetic isolation (details) (details) Easter Island's population never collapsed, but it did have contact with Native Americans, DNA study suggests (details) (details) Archaeologists challenge theory of violent Steppe invasion in Iberia Peninsula (details) (details) Clovis people used Great Lakes camp annually about 13,000 years ago, researchers confirm (details) (details) å

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Scientist rules out Orkney origin for Stonehenge Altar Stone (details) Roman silver coins may have been hidden from pirates (details) New model reveals how climate impacted human dispersal over Europe (details) Activists memorialize New York cemetery for enslaved people (details) å

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: 17th century samurai sword found in German WWII rubble (details) Study finds sacrificed Inca child had violent death (details) Mysterious Nordic burial ground for children unearthed (details) Missing WWII USAF pilot identified at Sicilian crash site (details) å

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Unearthed Peru temple burials predate Inca empire by millennia (details) New planted spear idea upends view of how prehistoric hunters downed huge prey (details) (details) Ancient burial site spanning over 2,100 years located under zoo in south China (details) 8,000-year old female figurine in Turkish Neolithic site may have been protective talisman (details) å

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Altar Stone at Stonehenge matches the bedrock found in Scotland (details) (details) Giant stone glyph uncovered on the bottom of a Maya sacred pool (details) Neanderthals in southern Pyrenees were highly capable and adaptable (details) (details) West Papua cave reveals early pathway for seafaring migrants into Sahul (details) (details) (details) å

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New fossils provide insights into development of extinct hominin species (details) New proposal for abandonment of ancient American settlement of Cahokia (details) (details) Göbekli Tepe might show world's oldest calendar (details) (details) Excavation of Chinese bone needle workshop shows developments in ancient industrialization (details) å

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Burial site used throughout Iron and Bronze ages unearthed in Germany (details) (details) Remains of affluent life in 17th century Williamsburg unearthed in Virginia (details) Chinese Bronze Age human sacrifice shows reinforcement of social status (details) Virtual dissection conducted of 3,500 year old “Screaming Woman” mummy (details) (details) å

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Archaeologists uncover underwater rock carvings of Egyptian pharaohs (details) Early humans in South America arrived early and ate armadillos (details) (details) Ancient circular stone structures in Saudi Arabia indicate inhabitants were sophisticated thinkers (details) (details) New geologic dating shows early European hominins came via Gibraltar (details) (details) å

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Roman garden may have belonged to Caligula (details) Hittite royal seal warns of punishment (details) Plant remains show how early farming unfolded in east Africa (details)(details) Peruvian temple and theater are four thousand years old (details) å

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Novel analysis of cave bone fragments brings lives of extinct humans on the Tibetan plateau into focus (details) (details) Newly discovered Venezuelan rock art may point to an unknown culture (details) (details) Australia's oldest known wooden artifacts document Aboriginal rituals (details) (details) Analysis of Neolithic tomb provides intimate look at Europe's family tree (details) å

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Groundbreaking discovery in tomb-filled capital of Korea's ancient Silla Kingdom (details) Laser sensors pierce forest canopy to reveal forgotten Maya settlements (details) Gravitational wave science helps solve mystery of ancient analog computer (details) First discovery of Neanderthal with Down syndrome confirms culture of community care (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Medieval stone catapult balls found at Kenilworth Castle (details) Sweet find in the cellars of Mount Vernon (details) Protein analysis reveals human blood in plaster used on royal tomb in Benin (details) Remains of Celtic people at Swiss site show violent death, probably in a bridge collapse (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Dietary evidence shows how a Bronze Age city in Syria survived (details) Glass beads reveal Indigenous American trade networks (details)(details) New evidence shows where survivors of Vesuvius eruption resettled (details) Dating for the world's oldest wooden sculpture (details)(details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Cooking techniques of Mongolian nomads revealed (details) (details) Woman warrior uncovered among 25 warrior monks in Spain (details) (details) (details) Prehistoric South American rock art served as possible territory markers (details) (details) (details) Study proposes that Seahenge was built to extend the warm weather (details) (details)