The Archaeology Channel - Audio News from Archaeologica

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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