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text praising Ramses II on Luxor obelisk; early settlement on Scottish island; and Milky Way in Egyptian art. </itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:12:44</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for April 20th through the 26th, 2025</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250427.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250427.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>New study finds first physical evidence for Roman era human-animal gladiatorial combat in Europe (<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/archaeology-roman-gladiator-bite-attacked-lion-spectacle-york-2063087">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0319847">details</a>)</li> <li>Ancient DNA shows Punic people had virtually no Levantine ancestors (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-04-ancient-dna-held-assumptions-mediterranean.html">details</a>)</li> <li>Ancient DNA shows Punic people had virtually no Levantine ancestors (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-04-ancient-dna-held-assumptions-mediterranean.html">details</a>)</li> <li>Mongolia's earliest pottery is 2,000 years older than previously thought (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-04-radiocarbon-dating-reveals-mongolia-earliest.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/radiocarbon/article/earliest-holocene-wanderers-through-the-gobi-desert-evidenced-by-the-radiocarbon-chronology-of-the-lakeshore-settlement-near-the-tsakhiurtyn-hondi-mongolia/C40F0D08398A5671D7152FCE4E542BF1">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 16:29:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250427.mp3" length="8890569" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Evidence for Roman-era human-animal gladiatorial combat; elite Caral woman from 5000 years ago; DNA of Punic populations; and Mongolia’s earliest pottery. </itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:13:11</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for April 13th through April 19th, 2025</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250420.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250420.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>New study reveals that social inequality isn’t inevitable (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/inequality-isnt-new-but-its-far-from-inevitable-10-000-year-archeological-study-reveals">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2400698121">details</a>) </li> <li>Human remains in Texas show evidence of ancient cultural practices (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-04-human-prehistoric-south-texas-reveal.html">details</a>)</li> <li>Research indicates domestic cats originated in Tunisia (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-04-complex-story-domestic-cats-tunisia.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.28.645877">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.28.645893">details</a>)</li> <li>Tree ring study indicates drought led to barbarians attacking Roman Britain (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-04-extreme-drought-contributed-barbarian-invasion.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-025-03925-4">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2025 10:26:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250420.mp3" length="9082564" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Social inequality study; modified human remains in Texas; origin of domestic cats; and drought and barbarian invasion in Britain. </itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:13:26</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for April 6th through April 12th, 2025</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250413.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250413.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Extremely rare Denisovan jawbone confirms human cousins spread across Asia (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/extremely-rare-denisovan-jawbone-confirms-human-cousins-spread-across-asia">details</a>)(<a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ads3888">details</a>)</li> <li>Teotihuacan Altar found in Guatemala reveals cultural crossover in thriving city-state of Tikal (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-04-altar-guatemalan-jungle-evidence-mingling.html">details</a>)(<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-04-guatemala-altar-tikal-context-mysterious.html">details</a>)(<a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.3">details</a>)</li> <li>Ancient tools from a South African cave reveal interactions among prehistoric peoples (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-04-ancient-tools-south-african-cave.html">details</a>)</li> <li>North Macedonian ruins might be the lost capital of the Kingdom of Lyncestis (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/04/north-macedonian-ruins-could-be-the-lost-capital-of-the-kingdom-of-lyncestis/154909">details</a>)(<a href="https://now.humboldt.edu/news/humboldt-archaeologists-help-uncover-ancient-city">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2025 06:36:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250413.mp3" length="7097956" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: awbone confirms Denisovans’ spread across Asia; Teotihuacan Altar confirms cultural crossover in Tikal city-state; South African cave’s ancient tools confirm connections among prehistoric peoples; and Macedonian ruins might be those of long lost Lycestis capital. </itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:11:03</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for March 30th through April 6th, 2025</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250406.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250406.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Kach Kouch in Morocco shows Bronze Age habitation, refuting past narratives of emptiness (<a href="https://theconversation.com/discovery-of-a-4-000-year-old-bronze-age-settlement-in-morocco-rewrites-history-253172">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10">details</a>)</li> <li>Middle Paleolithic people in China developed innovative stone tools (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-04-stone-tool-discovery-people-east.html">details</a>)</li> <li>Researchers find ancient weapon system in Texas caves (<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/greekreporter.com/2025/04/01/ancient-weapons-texas-cave-oldest-america/__;!!C5qS4YX3!Go5maoacPYZL7VnA85fem9VKzYgTIw3F3POARacT-UcSmp8wCRLPLiPoSKVf7yGGftG-WN8UzRlXhnFmCGKlJrji$%22%5Chhttps://greekreporter.com/2025/04/01/ancient-weapons-texas-cave-oldest-america/">details</a>)</li> (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/6500-year-old-hunting-kit-discovered-in-west-texas-cave/">details</a>) <li>Sutton Hoo helmet likely originated in Scandinavia (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/mysterious-origin-of-iconic-sutton-hoo-helmet-possibly-revealed-in-new-research">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 7 Apr 2025 15:08:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250406.mp3" length="7772204" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Morocco Bronze Age not so empty; Stone tool innovations in Paleolithic China; Ancient weapon system found in Texas cave; and Sutton Hoo helmet – Scandinavian origin? </itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:12:10</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for March 23rd through the 29th, 2025</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250330.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250330.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>New evidence from Basur Höyük reveals egalitarian funerary practices in Bronze Age Mesopotamia (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-sacrifices-found-in-a-bronze-age-tomb-in-turkey-were-mostly-teenage-girls">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774324000398">details</a>)</li> <li>Starch granules and the cultural significance of geophytes in Western North America during Prehistoric times (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-03-ancient-stone-kitchens-food-secrets.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/aaq.2024.42">details</a>)</li> <li>Devastating wildfires threaten South Korea's cultural heritage and historic sites (<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/south-koreas-worst-ever-wildfires-ravage-ancient-buddhist-temples-and-menace-historic-villages-180986324/">details</a>)</li> <li>Ritual and care: analyzing the dog remains from the Nescot shaft in Roman Britain (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-03-nescot-dog-insight-romano-british.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2025.02.005">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 12:32:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250330.mp3" length="8248642" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Egalitarian funerary practices in Bronze Age Basur Höyük; Cultural significance of geophytes in North American prehistory; Wildfires threaten South Korean historic sites; and Dog remains from Roman Britain reveal rituals and care. </itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:12:49</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for March 16th through the 22nd, 2025</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250323.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250323.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>New study shows monument discovered in the 80s is two centuries older than Stonehenge (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/stonehenge-isnt-the-oldest-monument-of-its-kind-in-england-study-reveals">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.28">details</a>)</li> <li>Egyptian colonial cemetery reveals pyramid tombs weren't only for the elite (<a href="https://greekreporter.com/2025/03/20/egyptian-pyramids-discovery-challenge-beliefs/">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2025.101668">details</a>)</li> <li>First evidence of human habitation on the Tibetan Plateau during "unsurvivable" Last Glacial Maximum (<a href="https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-846520">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2025.100269">details</a>)</li> <li>133 Pre-Columbian artifacts returned to Honduras after decades in a Paris museum (<a href="https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-846835">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2025 10:14:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250323.mp3" length="8865045" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: English henge older than Stonehenge; non-elite burials beneath Nubian pyramids; Tibetan Plateau habitation during Glacial Maximum; and artifacts returned to Honduras. </itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:13:10</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for March 9th through the 15th, 2025</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250316.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250316.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>New study illuminates the important relationship between Neanderthals and modern humans (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-03-burials-compelling-evidence-neanderthal-homo.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02110-y">details</a>)</li> <li>Ancient DNA reveals relationships between Stone Age Europeans and North Africans (<a href="https://greekreporter.com/2025/03/13/stone-age-europeans-voyage-sea-africa-ancient-dna/">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08699-4.epdf?sharing_token=4-IUdwJXpi2Wf4F61yGKX9RgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0N9Rphbs5Quci8M5d3K-J3rlt9-vH-cdaIC-nYvigYh3d78E8YLoqSA_J28KanUYNTIpC7kAPN0cnQk5gsHUxL3ZJDCWQjUA8shARBer3BVlQ_rQN3gP7i6HhGPAZ0ftLg%3D">details</a>)</li> <li>Mysterious Pre-Columbian burial investigated in Ecuador (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-03-reveals-enigmatic-pre-columbian-burial.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/laq.2024.20">details</a>)</li> <li>Ancient Greek burial monument located near Corinth (<a href="https://greekreporter.com/2025/03/11/ancient-greek-tomb-unearthed-corinth/">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 15:03:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250316.mp3" length="8905938" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Israeli cave connects modern and archaic humans; DNA shows early Mediterranean Sea crossings; unusual burial in Ecuador; and ancient Greek tomb in Tenea. </itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:13:19</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for March 2nd through the 8th, 2025</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250309.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250309.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Sophisticated irrigation system uncovered in ancient city of Eridu (<a href="https://greekreporter.com/2025/03/04/canals-farms-unveiled-sumerian-eridu-world-oldest-city/">details</a>) (<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.19">details</a>)</li> <li>Migration, not culture, influenced Europe’s Celtic languages (<a href="https://greekreporter.com/2025/03/04/dna-study-origins-expansion-celtic-languages/">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.28.640770">details</a>)</li> <li>Ancient ceramic “puppets” in El Salvador show Central American connections (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2-400-year-old-puppets-with-dramatic-facial-expression-discovered-atop-pyramid-in-el-salvador">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.37">details</a>)</li> <li>World’s oldest bone tools reported from Olduvai Gorge (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-03-human-ancestors-bone-tech-million.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08652-5">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:41:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250309.mp3" length="9513682" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Ancient irrigation system in southern Iraq; DNA study highlights Celtic languages; ceramic “puppets” in El Salvador; and oldest bone tools from Olduvai Gorge. </itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:14:07</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for February 23rd through March 1st, 2025</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250302.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250302.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Fossilized track marks indicate earliest known use of handcarts (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-02-fossil-footprints-reveal-oldest-handcarts.html">details</a>)(<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666033425000103?via%3Dihub">details</a>)</li> <li> DNA tracing confirms complex genetic backgrounds of the Huns (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-dna-reveals-mysterious-origins-of-the-huns-who-sacked-rome">details</a>)(<a href="https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2418485122">details</a>)</li> <li>Super heating and cooling from Vesuvius eruption caused glass brain (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/mystery-of-how-mans-brain-turned-to-glass-after-vesuvius-eruption-possibly-solved">details</a>)(<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-88894-5">details</a>)</li> <li>Research summary: Göbekli Tepe was a domestic site (<a href="https://greekreporter.com/2025/02/27/new-gobekli-tepe-discovery-disprove-earlier-theories/">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 3 Mar 2025 08:22:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250302.mp3" length="9822960" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Early track marks in New Mexico; DNA study of the Huns; Herculaneum glass brain; and Göbekli Tepe. </itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:14:43</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for February 16th through the 22nd, 2025</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250223.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250223.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>King Thutmose II’s tomb found, the first royal burial discovery in over a century (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/3500-year-old-tomb-of-king-thutmose-ii-discovered-the-first-royal-burial-unearthed-since-king-tutankhamun/">details</a>)(<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ym30v356po">details</a>)(<a href="https://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=9">details</a>)</li> <li>Laser technology uncovers intricate fifteenth century Zapotec city (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/lasers-reveal-15th-century-fortified-zapotec-city-in-mexico">details</a>)(<a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956536124000166">details</a>)</li> <li>Plague epidemics likely started a century before the Black Death (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-02-plague-transmission-begun-century-black.html">details</a>)(<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/mdh.2024.29">details</a>)</li> <li> Excavation uncovers section of Great Wall 300 years older than previous estimates (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/new-evidence-pushes-the-origins-of-the-great-wall-back-by-300-years/">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:21:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250223.mp3" length="8881075" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Newly found royal Egyptian tomb; LiDAR uncovers Zapotec site; plague before the Black Death; and oldest Great Wall segment. </itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:13:25</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for February 9th through the 15th, 2025</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250216.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250216.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Archaeologists uncover Silla Kingdom palace site, revealing royal structures and advanced engineering (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/key-silla-kingdom-palace-site-found-in-south-korea-after-decade-long-probe/">details</a>)</li> <li>Ancient skeletons found in the Thames may indicate Bronze and Iron Age conflicts (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/people-have-been-dumping-corpses-into-the-thames-since-at-least-the-bronze-age-study-finds">details</a>)</li> <li>Study uncovers complex genetic origins of the Fulani, one of Africa’s largest pastoral groups (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-02-history-fulani-largest-pastoral-populations.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.12.015">details</a>)</li> <li>2,000-year-old ancient tombs discovered in Colombia by local waffle chain (<a href="https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-842122">details</a>) (<a href="https://colombiaone.com/2025/02/13/colombia-pre-hispanic-tomb-tolima/">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 17:36:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250216.mp3" length="8778993" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Ancient Korean palace; human bones in the Thames; genetic origins of the Fulani pastoralists; and ancient Colombian tombs. </itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:13:06</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for February 2nd through the 8th, 2025</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250209.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250209.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Roots of Indo-European languages revealed by ancient DNA (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/ancient-dna-reveals-missing-link-in-the-origins-of-indo-european-languages-spoken-by-40-of-the-world/">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08531-5">details</a>)</li> <li>Arabic manuscript contains lost works of the Greek “Great Geometer” Apollonius (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-02-scientists-arabic-manuscript-lost-apollonius.html">details</a>)</li> <li>Changes in North American Indigenous population outlined by radiocarbon-dated artifacts (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-02-radiocarbon-dating-artifacts-bones-north.html">details</a>)</li> <li>Interdisciplinary team peers inside Mount Vesuvius-damaged scroll (<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/using-ai-researchers-peer-inside-a-2000-year-old-scroll-charred-by-mount-vesuvius-eruption-180986011/">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 11:03:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250209.mp3" length="8286419" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: DNA unravels Indo-European languages; lost Greek text in Arabic manuscript; North American population fluctuations; and virtual reading of Herculaneum scroll. </itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:12:18</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for January 26th through February 1st, 2025</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250202.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250202.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>English seaside residence identified as the lost site of King Harold's 11th-century home (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/01/archaeologists-find-lost-residence-of-king-harold/154399">details</a>)(<a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581524000350">details</a>)</li> <li>Unique drainage and irrigation system supported Amazon's first grain-based agrarian economy (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-01-discovery-unique-drainage-irrigation-gave.html">details</a>)(<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08473-y">details</a>)</li> <li>Roman sanctuary discovered deep within Spain’s key Paleolithic site (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/a-roman-sanctuary-with-inscriptions-discovered-in-cova-de-les-dones-one-of-the-largest-rock-art-sites-in-the-iberian-peninsula/">details</a>)</li> <li>DNA research traces the human-influenced development of sheep genomes over 12 millennia (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-01-ancient-dna-analyses-life-year.html">details</a>)(<a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn2094">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 3 Feb 2025 19:51:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250202.mp3" length="8748928" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Lost residence of King Harold; Amazon irrigation system; Roman sanctuary in Spanish cave; and human-influenced sheep genomes. </itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:13:38</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for January 19th through the 25th, 2025</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250126.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250126.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Oldest known presence of hominins in Europe found in Romania (<a href="https://greekreporter.com/2025/01/24/oldest-evidence-hominins-europe-romania/">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56154-9">details</a>)</li> <li>Volcanic ash may have helped develop ancient Bolivian city (<a href="https://bolivianthoughts.com/2025/01/23/una-explosiva-erupcion-volcanica-pudo-haber-impulsado-el-crecimiento-de-una-antigua-ciudad-en-bolivia-explosive-volcanic-eruption-may-have-led-to-growth-of-ancient-city-in-bolivia/">details</a>)</li> <li>Human effort made Australia’s earth rings (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/australias-1400-year-old-mysterious-earth-rings-evidence-of-millennia-of-human-effort-not-natural-formation/">details</a>(<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/03122417.2024.2428019">details</a>))</li> <li>Ancient trade between strangers may explain the creation of money (<a href="https://greekreporter.com/2025/01/23/money-created-trade-strangers-collect-taxes/">details</a>)(<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-025-09694-9">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 09:55:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250126.mp3" length="9029935" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Romania yields earliest hominin evidence; Tiwanaku growth after ashfall; Australian earth rings; and origin of money. </itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:13:38</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for January 12th through the 18th, 2025</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250119.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250119.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Amelia Earhart’s airplane possibly discovered in satellite imagery (<a href="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/taraia/">details</a>)</li> <li>Archaeologists find underground Inca tunnel system (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/01/groundbreaking-study-finds-hidden-inca-tunnel-network-over-a-mile-in-length/154298">details</a>)</li> <li> Iron Age Celtic communities in Britain based on female lineage (<a href="https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/ancient-celtic-women/">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08409-6">details</a>)</li> <li>Excavators uncover opulent Pompeii bathhouse (<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15zgvnvk4do">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:05:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250119.mp3" length="12069867" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Visible object may be Earhart aircraft; Inca tunnel system in Cusco; burial analysis indicates Celtic matrilineal system in Britain; and newly uncovered Pompeii bathhouse. </itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:15:26</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for January 5th through the 11th, 2025</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250112.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250112.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Anglo-Saxon connections with Byzantium shown in Sutton Hoo burials (<a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sutton-hoo-burials-byzantine-royals-army-b2675652.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ceae213">details</a>)</li> <li>Pottery production in Iraq shows evidence of early specialization dating back 8,000 years (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/evidence-of-early-forms-of-pottery-production-and-8000-year-old-buildings-belonging-to-the-elite-of-the-time-discovered-in-iraqi-kurdistan/">details</a>)</li> <li>Ancient DNA and human migrations shed light on the genetic history of Indonesia (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-01-dna-chapter-indonesia-layered-human.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2412355121">details</a>)</li> <li>Strontium isotope map used to decode the mystery of the origins of wildlife and individuals in the past (<a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250106195635.htm">details</a>) (<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55256-0">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 16:23:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250112.mp3" length="10993901" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Sutton Hoo burials linked to Byzantium; early specialization in northern Iraq; genetic history of eastern Indonesia; and strontium isotope map of Africa. </itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:14:17</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for December 29th, 2024, through January 4th, 2025</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250105.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250105.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Possible burial of a female medieval warrior located in Hungary (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-01-medieval-female-burial-weapons-hungary.html">details</a>)(<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313963">details</a>)</li> <li>New DNA analysis method brings historic European migrations into focus (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-12-ancient-dna-migrations-millennium-ad.html">details</a>)(<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08275-2">details</a>)</li> <li>Eighteenth-century Russian cargo unearthed from a Caspian Sea shipwreck in Iran (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-12-russian-shipwreck-iran-reveals-centuries.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11457-024-09430-6">details</a>)</li> <li>Colonial-era angel murals unearthed at historic Boston church (<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/conservators-are-uncovering-elaborate-angel-murals-hidden-behind-seven-layers-of-white-paint-at-a-colonial-era-church-180985751/">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 6 Jan 2025 15:00:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20250105.mp3" length="10012516" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Medieval female warrior in Hungary; DNA reveals historic European migrations; 18th-century Russian ship in Iran; and angel murals in old Boston church. </itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:12:49</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for December 22nd through the 28th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241229.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241229.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Spectacular shipwreck bearing 10,000 ceramics lay untouched in Aegean for over a millennium (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/discovery-shedding-light-on-ancient-maritime-trade-1500-year-old-trade-shipwreck-found-off-turkiyes-ayvalik/">details</a>)</li> <li>Ancient genomes reveal Bronze Age branching of Indo-European language groups (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-12-ancient-genomes-word-indo-european.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.02.626332">details</a>)</li> <li>Villa double the size of US White House revealed within ancient Assyrian capital (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/a-new-magnetic-survey-of-the-ancient-assyrian-capital-of-khorsabad-has-revealed-a-127-room-villa-twice-the-size-of-the-u-s-white-house/">details</a>)(<a href="https://news.agu.org/press-release/abandoned-assyrian-capital-revealed/">details</a>)</li> <li>1,500-year-old Peruvian tomb holds teenage human sacrifices to family members (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/1-500-year-old-tomb-in-peru-holds-human-sacrifices-including-strangled-son-next-to-fathers-remains-genetic-analysis-reveals">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2416321121">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 15:03:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241229.mp3" length="10759733" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Aegean shipwreck with 10,000 plates; genomes reflect Indo-European language branching; huge villa in Assyrian capital; and ancient Peruvian tomb with family members sacrificed. </itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:14:31</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for December 15th through the 21st, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241222.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241222.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Silver amulet may reveal spread of Christianity north of the Alps (<a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a63204262/silver-amulet-roman-christianity/">details</a>)</li> <li>Remains of 40 people from the Bronze Age reveal violent deaths (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/4-000-year-old-bones-reveal-unprecedented-violence-tongue-removal-cannibalism-and-evisceration-in-bronze-age-britain">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.180">details</a>)</li> <li>Site of Alexander the Great’s most important battle is located (<a href="https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-834111">details</a>)</li> <li>Syphilis started in the Americas, not Europe (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-12-syphilis-roots-americas-archaeological-bone.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08515-5">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2024 09:05:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241222.mp3" length="9902149" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Early Christian amulet in Germany; Bronze Age massacre in Britain; Alexander the Great battle site; and syphilis origin in the Americas. </itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:12:56</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for December 8th through the 14th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241215.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241215.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Archaeologists uncover sarcophagus that may belong to Saint Nicholas (<a href="https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-832452">details</a>)</li> <li>Two studies support new date of Neanderthals interbreeding with humans (<a href="https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/biology/neanderthals-interbreed-humans/">details</a>)</li> <li>Manot Cave shows evidence of earliest communal ritual on Asian continent (<a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241209162441.htm">details</a>) (<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2404632121">details</a>)</li> <li>President Andrew Jackson’s slave cemetery found on his property (<a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/andrew-jackson-slaves-grave-nashville-b2662712.html">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:18:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241215.mp3" length="10580634" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Saint Nicholas sarcophagus; Neanderthal-modern human interbreeding date; oldest communal ritual; and Andrew Jackson slave cemetery. </itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:13:48</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for December 1st through the 7th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241208.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241208.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>New findings from Shakhi Kora evidence the first government system dates back to the 4th millennium (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/5000-year-old-artifacts-in-iraq-hint-at-mysterious-collapse-of-one-of-the-worlds-1st-governments">details</a>) (<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.189">details</a>)</li> <li>Ancient undeciphered script found on tablet in Georgia (<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/lost-undeciphered-ancient-language-discovered-tablet-georgia-1996913">details</a>) (<a href="https://jaha.org.ro/index.php/JAHA/article/view/1035">details</a>)</li> <li>New Alaska discoveries push human-canid relationship record back 2,000 years (<a href="https://news.arizona.edu/news/how-did-humans-and-dogs-become-friends-connections-americas-began-12000-years-ago">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ads1335">details</a>)</li> <li>Archaeologists discover hidden treasures beneath Notre Dame Cathedral during reconstruction (<a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/more-than-1000-artifacts-discovered-beneath-notre-dame-cathedral-paris-1234725950/">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 7 Dec 2024 12:41:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241208.mp3" length="9781252" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Early government control in northern Iraq; undeciphered script on Georgian tablet; early human-canid relationship in Alaska; and discoveries beneath Notre Dame Cathedral.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:12:48</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for November 24th through the 30th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241201.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241201.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>European Pleistocene lithics mark key development in human technological evolution (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/11/archaeologists-identify-a-technological-milestone-in-human-evolution/153972#google_vignette">details</a>) (<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41982-024-00189-9">details</a>)</li> <li>Newly uncovered ancient dams showcase Liangzhu's advanced hydraulic engineering (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/recent-excavations-reveal-the-complete-water-conservancy-system-of-the-nearly-5000-year-old-liangzhu-ruins/">details</a>)</li> <li> Pre-Columbian fishery system discovered in Belize sustained thousands (<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-ancient-canals-used-to-trap-fish-in-belize-4000-years-ago-180985548/">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq1444">details</a>)</li> <li>Footprints in Kenya reveal coexistence of multiple hominin species (<a href="https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/palaeontology/fossil-footprints-hominin-coexisted/">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ado5275">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 2 Dec 2024 14:48:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241201.mp3" length="8638713" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Site in Spain with Europe’s first pre-planned stone tools; more Liangzhu dams; pre-Maya canals for fishing in Belize; and Kenya footprints of different simultaneous hominins.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:11:15</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for November 17th through the 23rd, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241124.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241124.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Newly discovered alphabet could be oldest in human history (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-11-oldest-alphabet-unearthed-ancient-syrian.html">details</a>)</li> <li>Cutting-edge imaging reveals hidden text in legendary Blue Qur'an (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/researchers-have-unveiled-text-concealed-beneath-an-intricate-decorative-layer-of-gold-leaf-on-a-page-of-the-famous-blue-quran/">details</a>)</li> <li>New statistics technique better detehttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/11/241119181845.htm <li>Bermuda dig reveals forgotten Colonial-era history (<a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/11/241119181845.htm">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 17:03:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241124.mp3" length="8200250" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Oldest alphabet; hidden text in Blue Qur’an; natural selection in ancient DNA; and forgotten Bermuda settlement.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:11:42</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for November 10th through the 16th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241117.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241117.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Satellite imaging pinpoints location of ancient Islamic battle (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-have-pinpointed-the-location-of-a-famous-early-islamic-battle-using-declassified-spy-satellite-images/">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.185">details</a>)</li> <li>Earliest known Maya salt production site uncovered in Belize (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-11-archaeologists-excavate-earliest-ancient-maya.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.186">details</a>)</li> <li>Dexterity in australopithecines like Lucy may have developed far earlier than thought (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/our-ancestor-lucy-may-have-used-tools-more-than-3-million-years-ago">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2024.103591">details</a>)</li> <li>Ancient Greece’s cultural rise started a century earlier than previously thought—new research (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-11-ancient-greece-cultural-century-earlier.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.144">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:27:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241117.mp3" length="9533326" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Precise location of ancient Islamic battle; early Maya salt production in Belize; manual dexterity in australopithecines; and earlier date for Greek Renaissance.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:13:53</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for November 3rd through 9th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241111mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241111.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Mesopotamian cylinder seals linked to development of writing system (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-11-ancient-stone-cylinders-correspond-mesopotamia.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.165">details</a>)</li> <li>DNA analysis challenges previous assumptions about Pompeii body casts (<a href="https://hms.harvard.edu/news/ancient-dna-challenges-stories-told-about-pompeii-victims">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.10.007">details</a>)</li> <li>Ice Age stone tablets show oldest known images of fishing nets (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/11/oldest-known-depiction-of-fishing-found-in-ice-age-engravings/153856">details</a>) (<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311302">details</a>)</li> <li>Excavation of Peruvian burial mound reveals 76 child sacrifice victims (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/an-offering-to-energize-the-fields-76-child-sacrifice-victims-all-with-their-chests-cut-open-unearthed-at-burial-site-in-peru">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]>å </description> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:25:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241111.mp3" length="11066335" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Cylinder seals and proto-cuneiform; DNA of Pompeii body casts; Ice Age stone tablets picturing fishing nets; and child sacrifice in Peru.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:14:11</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for October 27th through November 2nd, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241103.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241103.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Archaeologists discover bronze plaque with inscriptions at monumental temple of Poseidon in Greece (<a href="https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-827006#google_vignette">details</a>)</li> <li>New evidence reveals prehistoric Polynesians' southernmost voyage (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-10-south-polynesian-seafarers.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/arco.5337">details</a>)</li> <li>LiDAR technology reveals ancient Maya settlement patterns in Campeche (<a href="https://news.tulane.edu/pr/have-we-recovered-all-major-maya-cities-not-even-close-new-research-suggests">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/10/study-reveals-thousands-of-previously-unknown-maya-structures-and-a-lost-city/153764">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/running-out-of-empty-space-environmental-lidar-and-the-crowded-ancient-landscape-of-campeche-mexico/FFDB435047017853F26CFC5D8804B08D">details</a>)</li> <li>4,000-year-old Bronze Age settlement found at Khaybar Oasis in Saudi Arabia (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/lost-4000-year-old-bronze-age-settlement-uncovered-at-khaybar-oasis-in-northern-saudi-arabia/">details</a>) (<a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0309963">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]>å </description> <pubDate>Mon, 4 Nov 2024 16:21:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241103.mp3" length="12105653" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Temple of Poseidon in Greece; Polynesians' southernmost voyage; Maya urbanism in Campeche; and Bronze Age settlement at Saudi oasis.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:12:43</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for October 20th through the 26th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241027.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241027.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Rare Minoan sanctuary discovered at Archanes (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/gate-sanctuary-discovered-during-the-excavation-of-archanes-palace-in-crete-belonging-to-the-oldest-civilisation-in-europe/#google_vignette">details</a>)</li> <li>Copper Age Carpathian miners spurred developments in the wheel (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/1st-wheel-was-invented-6-000-years-ago-in-the-carpathian-mountains-modeling-study-suggests">details</a>)(<a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.240373">details</a>)</li> <li>Forgotten colonial-era settlement found beneath the Amazon rainforest (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/10/lost-colonial-settlement-discovered-beneath-amazon-rainforest/153726">details</a>)</li> <li>High-altitude settlements along the Silk Road puzzle archaeologists (<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-reveal-hundreds-medieval-structures-famous-silk-road-1973783">details</a>)(<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08086-5">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]>å </description> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 13:40:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241027.mp3" length="16560236" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Sanctuary at Minoan palace; wheel development in Carpathian Mountains; forgotten historic settlement in Amazonia; and high-altitude urban center along Silk Road.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:11:15</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for October 13th through the 19th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241020.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241020.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>New documentary suggest Columbus was of Spanish Jewish heritage (<a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/10/16/g-s1-28462/christopher-columbus-spanish-jew-documentary">details</a>)</li> <li>Untouched burial chamber discovered beneath Petra’s ‘Treasury’ (<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/12/science/petra-tomb-indiana-jones-discovery">details</a>)(<a href="https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/petra-hidden-tomb/">details</a>)</li> <li>Unearthed throne room suggests Peru's ancient Moche society had a female ruler (<a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/panamarca-peru-throne-room-hall-found-moche-ruled-women-1234721533/">details</a>)(<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-newly-uncovered-throne-room-peru-may-have-belonged-ancient-queen-180985173/">details</a>)</li> <li>Fifty well-preserved Viking era skeletons discovered in Denmark (<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-find-50-well-preserved-viking-skeletons-denmark-1968628">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]>å </description> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 16:40:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241020.mp3" length="20253602" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Columbus’ DNA points to Jewish heritage; burial chamber in Petra; newly found Moche murals in Peru; and intact Viking skeletons in Denmark.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:13:49</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for October 6th through the 12th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241013.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241013.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Rising and lowering sea levels influenced living patterns of earliest coastal villages (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/10/study-reveals-new-insights-into-native-american-shell-ring-villages/153592">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-72567-w">details</a>)</li> <li>Jade artifacts reveal evidence of trade between two cultures in ancient China (<a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-jade-artifacts-discovered-yuanbaoshan-mongolia-china-1234720313/">details</a>)</li> <li>Early Neolithic longhouse uncovered in Poland (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/10/6000-year-old-neolithic-long-house-uncovered-in-sandomierz-mokoszyn/153639">details</a>)</li> <li>Scythian-like horse sacrifice in southern Siberia royal tomb (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2800-year-old-burial-mound-with-sacrifices-unearthed-in-siberia-is-eerily-similar-to-scythian-graves">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/spectral-cavalcade-early-iron-age-horse-sacrifice-at-a-royal-tomb-in-southern-siberia/80E0B627528E00EA7C2AE4456F182DAC">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]>å </description> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 16:00:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241013.mp3" length="9226198" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Shell-ring villages in Southeastern US; early jade trade in China; early Neolithic longhouse in Poland; and Scythian-like horse sacrifice in southern Siberian tomb.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:12:33</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for September 29th through October 5th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241006.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241006.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Archaeologists discover large cemetery of Viking skeletons (<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/01/science/viking-burials-denmark-scli-intl?cid=ios_app">details</a>)</li> <li>More than 1000 clay tablets returned from Chicago to Iran (<a href="https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/504205/Souvenir-of-New-York-1100-Achaemenid-clay-tablets-returned-home">details</a>)</li> <li>Walrus ivory shows interactions between Vikings and Indigenous North Americans (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-09-retracing-walrus-ivory-viking-age.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq4127">details</a>)</li> <li>South African site shows 9,000 years of genetic continuity (<a href="https://theconversation.com/ancient-human-dna-from-a-south-african-rock-shelter-sheds-light-on-10-000-years-of-history-239892">details</a>)(<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02532-3">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]>å </description> <pubDate>Mon, 7 Oct 2024 10:41:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20241006.mp3" length="11054505" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Large Viking cemetery; clay tablets returned to Iran; walrus ivory points to Norse contact with Indigenous people; and genomic continuity in South Africa.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:14:18</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for September 22nd through the 28th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240929.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240929.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Identified Nazca Lines nearly doubled with assistance from AI model (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/knife-wielding-orca-and-alien-looking-figures-among-300-nazca-lines-discovered-in-groundbreaking-ai-study">details</a>)(<a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2407652121">details</a>)</li> <li>Surprise discovery of centuries-old sweet potato cultivation in New Zealand (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-09-unexpected-discovery-early-sweet-potato.html">details</a>)(<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/american-sweet-potato-and-asiapacific-crop-experimentation-during-early-colonisation-of-temperateclimate-aotearoanew-zealand/B6446CB196635B1CDB44DC7506F696C8">details</a>)</li> <li>DNA analysis reveals gender imbalance in the Neolithic necropolis of Panoría (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-09-women-men-megalithic-necropolis-panora.html">details</a>)(<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-72148-x">details</a>)</li> <li>Bronze Age find reveals second origin point for cheese (<a href="https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/world-oldest-cheese-china/">details</a>)(<a href="https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(24)00899-7">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]>å </description> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:17:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240929.mp3" length="" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: AI finds more Nazca lines; early sweet potato in New Zealand; female bias in Neolithic Spain; and world’s oldest cheese in Tarim Basin. </itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:12:01</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for September 15th through the 21st, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240922.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240922.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Analysis of America's oldest tombstone illuminates colonial era trade networks (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-09-reveals-america-oldest-tombstone-belgium.html">details</a>)</li> <li>South African rock art may depict animal that went extinct before dinosaurs (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-09-south-african-art-possibly-extinct.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0309908">details</a>)</li> <li>Mystery man interred under Notre-Dame nave was noted French poet (<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-say-theyve-solved-the-mystery-of-a-lead-coffin-discovered-beneath-notre-dame-180985103/">details</a>)</li> <li>Isotopic and stylistic analysis reveals The Lion of Venice’s Chinese origins (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/the-lion-of-venice-was-ade-in-china-isotopic-analyses-and-stylistic-comparisons-prove-it/">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]>å </description> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2024 11:52:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240922.mp3" length="18318350" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: America’s oldest tombstone; extinct animal in South African rock art; identity of man interred in Notre-Dame; and “The Lion of Venice” origin revealed.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:12:28</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for September 8th through the 14th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240915.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240915.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>DNA of 'Thorin,' one of the last Neanderthals, finally sequenced, revealing inbreeding and 50,000 years of genetic isolation (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/dna-of-thorin-one-of-the-last-neanderthals-finally-sequenced-revealing-inbreeding-and-50-000-years-of-genetic-isolation">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.cell.com/cell-genomics/fulltext/S2666-979X(24)00177-0?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2666979X24001770%3Fshowall%3Dtrue">details</a>)</li> <li>Easter Island's population never collapsed, but it did have contact with Native Americans, DNA study suggests (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/easter-islands-population-never-collapsed-but-it-did-have-contact-with-native-americans-dna-study-suggests">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07881-4">details</a>)</li> <li>Archaeologists challenge theory of violent Steppe invasion in Iberia Peninsula (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-09-archaeologists-theory-violent-steppe-binvasion.html#google_vignette">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X24003201?via%3Dihub">details</a>)</li> <li>Clovis people used Great Lakes camp annually about 13,000 years ago, researchers confirm (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-09-clovis-people-great-lakes-annually.html#google_vignette">details</a>) (<a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0302255">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]>å </description> <pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:53:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240915.mp3" length="17548124" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: DNA reveals 50,000 years of Neanderthal genetic isolation; No self-inflicted depopulation of Easter Island; Iberian violent Steppe invasion disputed; and Great Lakes region Clovis recurring campsite discovered.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:12:10</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for September 1st through the 7th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240908.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240908.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Scientist rules out Orkney origin for Stonehenge Altar Stone (<a href="https://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/stonehenge-origins-search-heats-up-as-orkney-ruled-out-by-aber-scientist-719360">details</a>)</li> <li>Roman silver coins may have been hidden from pirates (<a href="https://www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2024/09/27-silver-denarii-discovered-on-the-island-of-pantelleria-hidden-in-the-acropolis-during-a-pirate-attack-in-the-early-1st-century-bc/">details</a>)</li> <li>New model reveals how climate impacted human dispersal over Europe (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-09-population-phases-human-dispersal-europe.html">details</a>)</li> <li>Activists memorialize New York cemetery for enslaved people (<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/new-york-cemetery-black-history-restoration-1946697">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]>å </description> <pubDate>Mon, 9 Sep 2024 15:48:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240908.mp3" length="17675498" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Stonehenge Altar Stone Orkney-origin ruled out; Roman coins hidden from pirates?; Climate impacts on European human dispersal; and New York enslaved peoples’ cemetery memorialized.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:12:02</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for August 25th through the 31st, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240901.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240901.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>17th century samurai sword found in German WWII rubble (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/17th-century-japanese-sword-featuring-god-of-good-luck-unearthed-in-germany">details</a>)</li> <li>Study finds sacrificed Inca child had violent death (<a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/chile-inca-child-sacrifice-ritual-b2602178.html">details</a>)</li> <li>Mysterious Nordic burial ground for children unearthed (<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-uncover-unique-mysterious-ancient-burial-ground-1946856">details</a>)</li> <li>Missing WWII USAF pilot identified at Sicilian crash site (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/08/missing-wwii-usaf-airman-recovered-from-crash-site-in-sicily/153335">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]>å </description> <pubDate>Mon, 3 Sep 2024 14:54:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240901.mp3" length="" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Samurai sword in Germany; violent death of Inca child sacrifice; children’s cemetery in Norway; and US WWII pilot identified in Sicily.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:11:12</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for August 18th through the 24th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240825.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240825.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Unearthed Peru temple burials predate Inca empire by millennia (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/rare-pre-inca-burials-of-4-people-found-at-water-cult-temple-in-peru">details</a>) </li> <li>New planted spear idea upends view of how prehistoric hunters downed huge prey (<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/how-prehistoric-americans-killed-mammoths-megafauna-1942469">details</a>) (<a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0307996">details</a>) </li> <li>Ancient burial site spanning over 2,100 years located under zoo in south China (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/148-ancient-tombs-spanning-2100-years-unearthed-in-the-construction-area-of-the-zoo/#google_vignette">details</a>) </li> <li>8,000-year old female figurine in Turkish Neolithic site may have been protective talisman (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/8000-year-old-female-figurine-discovered-in-ulucak-hoyuk-in-western-turkiye/">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]>å </description> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 11:05:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240825.mp3" length="17085908" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Early Peru temple burials; “planted spear” hypothesis for megafauna hunters; cemetery beneath Chinese zoo; and Neolithic female figurine in Turkey.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:11:37</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for August 11th through the 17th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240818.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240818.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Altar Stone at Stonehenge matches the bedrock found in Scotland (<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/stonehenges-hefty-altar-stone-came-all-way-scotland-2024-08-14/">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07652-1">details</a>)</li> <li>Giant stone glyph uncovered on the bottom of a Maya sacred pool (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/08/giant-stone-panel-with-over-100-maya-glyphs-discovered/153215">details</a>)</li> <li>Neanderthals in southern Pyrenees were highly capable and adaptable (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-08-rare-archaeological-site-reveals-neanderthal.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440324001067?via%3Dihub">details</a>)</li> <li>West Papua cave reveals early pathway for seafaring migrants into Sahul (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-08-evidence-west-papua-fresh-clues.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/human-dispersal-and-plant-processing-in-the-pacific-55-00050-000-years-ago/49D5AEACCEA56622FEB88C0F248C63EE">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02382-z">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]>å </description> <pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 17:02:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240818.mp3" length="20284400" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Scotland origin for Stonehenge Altar Stone; giant Maya stone glyph; Neanderthals in southern Pyrenees; and early dates for West Papua cave.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:13:51</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for August 4th through the 10th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240811.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240811.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>New fossils provide insights into development of extinct hominin species (<a href="https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/human-fossil-arm-bone-hobbit-indonesia-flores/">details</a>)</li> <li>New proposal for abandonment of ancient American settlement of Cahokia (<a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/ancient-american-city-cahokia-disapperance-b2593092.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/GCPMTCVHNCJZW37ENUVC/full">details</a>)</li> <li>Göbekli Tepe might show world’s oldest calendar (<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/pirate-shipwreck-discovery-sheds-light-great-maritime-horror-maritime-archaeology-1934003">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1751696X.2024.2373876#abstract">details</a>)</li> <li>Excavation of Chinese bone needle workshop shows developments in ancient industrialization (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-08-ancient-chinese-bone-needle-workshop.html">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]>å </description> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2024 14:54:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240811.mp3" length="" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New fossils of the Flores Hobbit; Cahokia abandonment study; possible calendar inscription at Göbekli Tepe; and Chinese bone needle workshop.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:14:12</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for July 28th through August 3rd, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240804.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240804.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Burial site used throughout Iron and Bronze ages unearthed in Germany (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/08/bronze-age-burial-mound-found-surrounded-by-iron-age-cremation-burials/152826">details</a>) (<a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2024/08/iron-age-cremations-and-bronze-age-burial-mound-in-germany/">details</a>) </li> <li>Remains of affluent life in 17th century Williamsburg unearthed in Virginia (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/17th-century-home-and-silver-spoon-from-affluent-household-found-in-colonial-williamsburg">details</a>)</li> <li>Chinese Bronze Age human sacrifice shows reinforcement of social status (<a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3272202/ancient-human-sacrifice-china-likely-served-reinforce-social-hierarchies">details</a>)</li> <li>Virtual dissection conducted of 3,500 year old “Screaming Woman” mummy (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-08-woman-mummy-died-agony-years.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2024.1406225/full">details</a>) </li> </ul> ]]>å </description> <pubDate>Mon, 5 Aug 2024 08:42:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240804.mp3" length="16552334" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Iron Age cremations in Germany; early Williamsburg home; Chinese Bronze Age human sacrifice; and analysis of “Screaming Woman” mummy.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:11:16</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for July 21st through the 27th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/rss/TACfeed.xml</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/rss/TACfeed.xml</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Workshop buried in Sanxingdui Ruins offers clues to ancient jade and stone sourcing, crafting, distribution (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/3400-year-old-jade-and-stone-workshop-site-discovered-at-sanxingdui-ruins/">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202407/1316559.shtml">details</a>)</li> <li>Lake draining helps team find proof of ancient pre-Vikings in Norway (<a href="https://www.sciencenorway.no/archaeology-history-sami/archaeologists-most-exciting-finds-found-traces-of-sami-settlement-in-the-viking-age/2388640">details</a>)</li> <li>Genetics show how ancient wild Four Corners potato became widespread staple (<a href="https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/genetics-reveal-ancient-trade-routes-of-four-corners-potato/">details</a>) (<a href="https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajb2.16365">details</a>)</li> <li>Excavations at ruined Anatolian castle uncover underground temple of secret religion (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/in-the-1900-year-old-underground-temple-of-mithras-religion-in-zerzevan-castle-an-area-where-participants-of-secret-rituals-stayed-was-unearthed/">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]>å </description> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2024 17:22:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/rss/TACfeed.xml" length="18800336" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Ancient Chinese workshop; pre-Viking Sami site in Norway; Four Corners potato; and Mithras temple in SE Anatolia.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:12:50</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for July 14th through the 20th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240721.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240721.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Archaeologists uncover underwater rock carvings of Egyptian pharaohs (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/rock-carvings-of-ancient-egyptian-pharaohs-found-underwater-near-aswan">details</a>)</li> <li>Early humans in South America arrived early and ate armadillos (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/humans-reached-argentina-by-20000-years-ago-and-they-may-have-survived-by-eating-giant-armadillos-study-suggests">details</a>) (<a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0304956">details</a>)</li> <li>Ancient circular stone structures in Saudi Arabia indicate inhabitants were sophisticated thinkers (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/experts-believe-the-7000-year-old-circular-stone-structures-were-once-houses-complete-with-doorways-and-roofs-in-saudi-arabia/">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/00758914.2024.2350826">details</a>)</li> <li>New geologic dating shows early European hominins came via Gibraltar (<a href="https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/first-hominid-europe/">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001282522400182X?via%3Dihub">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]>å </description> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2024 13:33:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240721.mp3" length="18737516" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Underwater inscriptions in Egypt; early armadillo-eating South Americans; Neolithic stone structures in Saudi Arabia; and earliest European hominins in Spain.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:12:47</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for July 7th through the 13th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240714.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240714.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Roman garden may have belonged to Caligula (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/roman-emperor-caligulas-2000-year-old-garden-unearthed-near-the-vatican">details</a>)</li> <li>Hittite royal seal warns of punishment (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/hittite-royal-seal-warns-whoever-breaks-this-will-die/">details</a>)</li> <li>Plant remains show how early farming unfolded in east Africa (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-07-archaeologists-earliest-evidence-farming-east.html#google_vignette">details</a>)(<a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.2747">details</a>)</li> <li>Peruvian temple and theater are four thousand years old (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-07-archaeologists-ancient-temple-theater-peru.html">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]>å </description> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2024 15:11:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240714.mp3" length="17976008" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Caligula’s garden; warning in Hittite royal seal; plant remains and East African farming; and very old Peruvian temple and theater.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:12:16</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for June 30th through July 6th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240707.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240707.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Novel analysis of cave bone fragments brings lives of extinct humans on the Tibetan plateau into focus (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-07-bone-extinct-humans-survived-tibetan.html">details</a>) (<a href="http://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07612-9">details</a>)</li> <li>Newly discovered Venezuelan rock art may point to an unknown culture (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/4000-year-old-rock-art-in-venezuela-may-be-from-a-previously-unknown-culture">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374660579_New_Rock_Art_Site_Complex_In_The_Arauak_River_Valley_Southeastern_Venezuela">details</a>)</li> <li>Australia’s oldest known wooden artifacts document Aboriginal rituals (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/07/evidence-of-ancient-rituals-from-end-of-last-ice-age/152516">details</a>) (<a href="http://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01912-w">details</a>)</li> <li>Analysis of Neolithic tomb provides intimate look at Europe’s family tree (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-07-year-tomb-france-reveals-stage.html">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]>å </description> <pubDate>Mon, 8 Jul 2024 15:47:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240707.mp3" length="17178518" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Denisovans on the Tibetan plateau; newly discovered rock art in Venezuela; wooden artifacts show great age for continuing Aboriginal ritual; and tomb in France helps explain modern European genome.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:11:53</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for June 23rd through the 29th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240630.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240630.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Groundbreaking discovery in tomb-filled capital of Korea's ancient Silla Kingdom (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/the-new-type-of-silla-tombs-discovered-in-gyeongju-south-korea/">details</a>)</li> <li>Laser sensors pierce forest canopy to reveal forgotten Maya settlements (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/06/lidar-identifies-lost-settlements-in-the-forests-of-campeche/152429">details</a>)</li> <li>Gravitational wave science helps solve mystery of ancient analog computer (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/gravitational-wave-researchers-cast-new-light-on-a-2000-year-old-computer-antikythera-mechanism-mystery/">details</a>)</li> <li>First discovery of Neanderthal with Down syndrome confirms culture of community care (<a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2024/06/first-case-of-down-syndrome-in-neandertals/">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 1 Jul 2024 16:23:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240630.mp3" length="18417638" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Ancient Korean royal tomb; LiDAR survey of Yucatan Maya sites; 21st century science applied to Antikythera Mechanism; and Neanderthal child with Down Syndrome.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:12:34</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for June 16th through the 22nd, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240623.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240623.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Medieval stone catapult balls found at Kenilworth Castle (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/8-stone-catapult-shots-linked-to-king-henry-iii-discovered-at-besieged-british-castle">details</a>)</li> <li>Sweet find in the cellars of Mount Vernon (<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13535613/archeologists-discovery-george-washington-mount-vernon-estate-virginia.html">details</a>)</li> <li>Protein analysis reveals human blood in plaster used on royal tomb in Benin (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/royal-tomb-in-benin-has-traces-of-human-blood-on-its-walls-hinting-at-human-sacrifice-study-finds">details</a>)</li> <li>Remains of Celtic people at Swiss site show violent death, probably in a bridge collapse (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-06-victims-tsunami-human-sacrifice-celts.html#google_vignette">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2024 07:00:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240623.mp3" length="22336616" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Stone catapult balls in England; intact bottles of preserves at Mount Vernon; human blood in West African plaster; and Celtic human remains with collapsed bridge in Switzerland.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:15:18</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for June 9th through the 15th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240616.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240616.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Dietary evidence shows how a Bronze Age city in Syria survived (<a href="https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2024-06-12/ty-article-magazine/archaeology-reveals-how-a-town-in-syria-survived-the-bronze-age-collapse-of-civilizations/00000190-0634-da02-a1dc-fe7f623d0000">details</a>)</li> <li>Glass beads reveal Indigenous American trade networks (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-06-glass-beads-indigenous-americans-early.html">details</a>)(<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/tracking-glass-beads-communities-and-exchange-relationships-across-the-atlantic-in-the-seventeenth-century/FD4BEDFB6E7910349E2480061C9180BE">details</a>)</li> <li>New evidence shows where survivors of Vesuvius eruption resettled (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/evidence-of-more-than-200-survivors-of-mount-vesuvius-eruption-discovered-in-ancient-roman-records">details</a>)</li> <li>Dating for the world’s oldest wooden sculpture (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/shigir-idol-worlds-oldest-wood-sculpture-has-mysterious-carved-faces-and-once-stood-17-feet-tall">details</a>)(<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/early-art-in-the-urals-new-research-on-the-wooden-sculpture-from-shigir/1EE151AB1E571968B10267E48B78362A">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2024 17:10:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240616.mp3" length="22263914" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Bronze Age city in Syria; Indigenous American glass beads; survivors of Vesuvius; and world’s oldest wooden sculpture.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:15:14</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for June 2nd through the 8th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240609.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240609.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Cooking techniques of Mongolian nomads revealed (<a href="https://www.unibas.ch/en/News-Events/News/Uni-Research/Bronze-Age-cuisine-of-Mongolian-nomads.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-60607-4">details</a>)</li> <li>Woman warrior uncovered among 25 warrior monks in Spain (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-06-body-woman-warrior-monks-calatrava.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/06/female-burial-found-among-23-warrior-monks-of-the-order-of-calatrava-in-guadalajara/152160">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-61792-y">details</a>)</li> <li>Prehistoric South American rock art served as possible territory markers (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-06-documents-world-largest-prehistoric-art.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/map-what-world-largest-rock-engravings-may-mean-1907664">details</a>) (<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/monumental-snake-engravings-of-the-orinoco-river/147F83AA4381153C4D0F4EA4817B3766">details</a>)</li> <li>Study proposes that Seahenge was built to extend the warm weather (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/05/study-suggests-seahenge-was-built-to-control-climate-change/152127">details</a>) (<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10708-024-11088-5">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2024 08:59:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240609.mp3" length="17281829" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Monglian cauldrons and blood sausage; female warrior monk in Spain; huge South American rock art; and new Seahenge interpretation.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:12:00</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for May 26th through June 1st, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240602.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240602.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li> 4,000 year old tablet reveals Anatolian business plan (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/anatolias-first-company-was-founded-4000-years-ago-with-15-kilos-of-gold/">details</a>)(<a href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/first-company-anatolia-0020850">details</a>)</li> <li>Ancient Egyptians may have performed cancer-treating surgeries (<a href="https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/ancient-egypt-cancer-treatment-skull/">details</a>)(<a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2024.1371645/full">details</a>)</li> <li>Characteristics of prehistoric Central European burial mounds may indicate trends in inequality (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-05-largest-burial-mound-differences-upper.html">details</a>)(<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-024-03053-x">details</a>)</li> <li>Seven-century-old ceremonial offerings recovered at Mexico’s Tlatelolco Archaeological Zone (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/05/stone-box-containing-rare-ceremonial-offerings-discovered-at-tlatelolco/152061">details</a>)(<a href="https://arkeonews.net/rare-ceremonial-knives-offering-discovered-in-the-great-basement-of-tlatelolco-mexico/">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 3 Jun 2024 08:50:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240602.mp3" length="17677190" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Ancient tablet records first Anatolian company; cancer surgery in ancient Egypt; inequality study examines Central European burial mounds; and ceremonial offerings in ancient Mexico City temple.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:12:03</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for May 19th through the 25th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240526.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240526.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Found: a forgotten, fiery moment in Hannibal's Iron Age war (<a href="https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/iron-age-fire-potential-forgotten-event-of-rome-and-carthage-war/">details</a>)(<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-05-devastating-years-moment-life-war.html">details</a>)(<a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fearc.2024.1347394/full">details</a>)</li> <li>Chile’s Tagua Tagua Lake served as the hunting ground for early elephants (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-05-ancient-people-extinct-elephants-tagua.html">details</a>)(<a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0302465">details</a>)(<a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/stone-age-humans-hunted-extinct-elephants-to-eat-camp-reveals/ar-BB1mS0dR">details</a>)</li> <li>Vikings ship horses up to 900 miles across Baltic Sea (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-05-horse-pagan-christian-networks-horses.html">details</a>)(<a href="">details</a>)</li> <li>Greek Marines prove Bronze Age body armor wasn't just for show (<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/marines-try-ancient-greek-armor-11-hour-combat-simulation-1903658">details</a>)(<a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/soldiers-put-an-ancient-greek-suit-of-armor-to-the-test-and-it-passed/ar-BB1mZO6E">details</a>)(<a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ado3529">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2024 06:58:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240526.mp3" length="17591872" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Pyrenees village torched by Hannibal; elephant hunting in central Chile; Medieval horses shipped across the Baltic Sea; and experimental study of Greek Bronze Age armor.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:12:00</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for May 12th through the 18th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240519.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240519.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Thriving ancient Roman town lasted longer than believed (<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/key-ancient-roman-town-survived-longer-thought-archaeologists-1900119">details</a>)</li> <li>Genomes of modern viruses found in Neanderthal bones (<a href="https://arkeonews.net/oldest-known-human-viruses-discovered-in-50000-year-old-neanderthal-bones/">details</a>)</li> <li>Lake District stone circle may be 700 years older than Stonehenge (<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/prehistoric-stone-circle-sanctuary-predate-stonehenge-700-years-1900038">details</a>)</li> <li>Pair buried in embrace on a horse weren't lovers, but related women (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/roman-era-skeletons-buried-in-embrace-on-top-of-a-horse-werent-lovers-dna-analysis-shows">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 21:14:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240519.mp3" length="19436923" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Roman town lasted longer; modern viruses in Neanderthals; British stone circle may be older; and pair buried in embrace not lovers.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:13:17</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for May 5th through the 11th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240512.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240512.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Roman shipwreck held fish sauce (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/1700-year-old-roman-shipwreck-was-stuffed-to-the-gills-with-fish-sauce-when-it-sank">details</a>)(<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-024-01952-3">details</a>)</li> <li>New linguistic model shows four waves of migration into the Americas (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/1st-americans-came-over-in-4-different-waves-from-siberia-linguist-argues">details</a>)(<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajpa.24923">details</a>)</li> <li>Microarchaeology provides new precision for early history of Jerusalem (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/key-events-in-the-bible-such-as-the-settlement-and-destruction-of-jerusalem-confirmed-using-radiocarbon-dating">details</a>)(<a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2321024121">details</a>)</li> <li>English study shows leprosy could come from Medieval red squirrels (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/05/red-squirrels-spread-leprosy-during-medieval-period/151841">details</a>)(<a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)00446-9">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 17:08:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240512.mp3" length="19770967" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Roman shipwreck with fish sauce; linguistic analysis posits four early American migrations; new precision for Jerusalem’s early history; and leprosy and squirrels in Medieval England.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:13:31</itunes:duration> </item> <item> <title>Audio News for April 28th through May 4th, 2024</title> <itunes:author>Archaeological Legacy Institute</itunes:author> <link>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240505.mp3</link> <guid>https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240505.mp3</guid> <description><![CDATA[News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Ancient Pueblo communicated through conch-shell trumpets (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/05/ancient-pueblo-used-conch-shell-trumpets-for-communication/151818">details</a>)</li> <li>Ritual and medicinal plant DNA preserved under ancient Maya ball court (<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-maya-ballcourt-may-been-blessed-hallucinogenic-find-hints-1895322">details</a>)(<a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0301497">details</a>)</li> <li>Neanderthal woman’s face is reconstructed (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-05-recreating-year-female-cave-neanderthals.html">details</a>)</li> <li>Paleolithic North African hunter-gatherers ate plant-based diet (<a href="https://www.mpg.de/21865602/0424-evan-more-plants-on-the-menu-of-ancient-hunter-gatherers-150495-x">details</a>)(<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02382-z">details</a>)</li> </ul> ]]> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 6 May 2024 15:41:19 GMT</pubDate> <enclosure url="https://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20240505.mp3" length="18474967" type="audio/mpeg"/> <itunes:summary>News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Soundscapes in Chaco Canyon; ritual plant traces beneath Maya ball court; Neanderthal face reconstructed; and plant-based diet for Paleolithic North Africans.</itunes:summary> <itunes:duration>00:12:37</itunes:duration> </item> </channel></rss> 
