News items read by Laura Pettigrew include: 3000-year-old royal purple dye in Israel; very ancient milk consumption in Africa; dogs as the companions of the first Americans; and physical trauma study of medieval Cambridge cemeteries.

Audio News for January 24th through the 30th, 2021

The news of the week in audio, for many years compiled and written by the late Michelle Hilling of Archaeologica, is now the product of our dedicated volunteer team. Read by Laura Kennedy, the Audio News is compiled from Archaeologica’s daily news updates. The musical interludes are original compositions by Anthony Kennedy. The Audio News from Archaeologica is compiled from Archaeologica.org's daily news updates.

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News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New Pompeii frescoes; ancient city in Tonga; African-American log house excavation in Virginia; and clay seal bearing the name Shiraz.

Audio News for April 7th through the 13th, 2024

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Prehistoric camp on New Mexico Air Force base; Paleolithic wooden tools in Germany; chicken eggs in Central Asia; and purported early sandstone sculpture in South Africa.

Audio News for March 31st through April 6th, 2024

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Horse cemetery in London; Iranian Plateau as stopover for migrating humans; violence and crisis in ancient Peru; and island time capsule in Australia.

Audio News for March 24th through the 30th, 2024

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Newly documented Aztec codices; food traces evidence Easter Island contact with South America; Britain’s Pompeii; and advanced Neolithic boats in Italy.

Audio News for March 17th through the 23rd, 2024

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Clay tablet at Hittite site; huge India DNA study; mass grave in Nuremberg; and oldest bead in Western Hemisphere.

Audio News for January 24th through the 30th, 2021

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