We get back to the news this week! We start with a cool site from Sweden where…it’s all ritual! Next we go to the Iberian Peninsula and learn about a Neanderthal glue factory, sort of. Finally, we talk about what Hollywood gets wrong, and right, about gladiators after seeing Gladiator II.

Links

• 5,000-year-old sacrificial site stuns archaeologists in Sweden. ‘Extremely unusual’
• 65,000-year-old hearth in Gibraltar may have been a Neanderthal 'glue factory,' study finds.
• What Hollywood gets wrong—and right—about Roman gladiatorsApple News Link: What Hollywood gets wrong—and right—about Roman gladiators
• The Real History Behind Ridley Scott's 'Gladiator II' and Life as a Fighter in the Ancient Roman Arena
• Man of Recaps: Gladiator Recap

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