News items read by Laura Kennedy include: First child skull of Homo naledi; submerged Roman villas; 
                  first complete Maya canoe; and Native Americans object to plans for Boston harbor island.

Audio News for October 31st through November 6th, 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:
                  
                  Cooking techniques of Mongolian nomads revealed
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                  Woman warrior uncovered among 25 warrior monks in Spain
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                  Prehistoric South American rock art served as possible territory markers
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                  Study proposes that Seahenge was built to extend the warm weather
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Audio News for June 2nd through the 8th, 2024

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
                  
                   4,000 year old tablet reveals Anatolian business plan
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                  Ancient Egyptians may have performed cancer-treating surgeries
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                  Characteristics of prehistoric Central European burial mounds may indicate trends in inequality
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                  Seven-century-old ceremonial offerings recovered at Mexico’s Tlatelolco Archaeological Zone
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Audio News for May 26th through June 1st, 2024

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
                  
                  Found: a forgotten, fiery moment in Hannibal's Iron Age war
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                  Chile’s Tagua Tagua Lake served as the hunting ground for early elephants
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                  Vikings ship horses up to 900 miles across Baltic Sea
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                  Greek Marines prove Bronze Age body armor wasn't just for show
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Audio News for May 19th through the 25th, 2024

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
                  
                  Thriving ancient Roman town lasted longer than believed
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                  Genomes of modern viruses found in Neanderthal bones
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                  Lake District stone circle may be 700 years older than Stonehenge
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                  Pair buried in embrace on a horse weren't lovers, but related women
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Audio News for May 12th through the 18th, 2024

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
                  
                  Roman shipwreck held fish sauce
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                  New linguistic model shows four waves of migration into the Americas
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                  Microarchaeology provides new precision for early history of Jerusalem
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                  English study shows leprosy could come from Medieval red squirrels
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Audio News for October 31st through November 6th, 2021

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