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August 10Audio News for August 2nd through the 8th, 2026
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
New excavations reveal how Moche potters lived and worked at Cerro Mayal
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Sugar may have fueled human brain evolution, not just meat
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Ancient DNA suggests Ice Age people hunted more female mammoths than males
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Scattered bones may point to violence at a Roman villa in Britain
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August 03Audio News for July 26th through August 1st, 2026
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Ancient Amazon civilization reshapes understanding of rainforest history
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Byzantine shipwreck yields remarkable gold treasure
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Ghost DNA study uncovers unknown human ancestors
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Newly identified Assyrian kings reshape ancient royal history
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June 27Audio News for June 21st through the 27th, 2026
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Possible all-female prehistoric burial deep in a South African cave system
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New study shows Neanderthals were genetically diverse prior to extinction
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First identification of ancient human DNA on cave walls
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Researchers find incredible Maya city with pyramid and stelae
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June 22Audio News for June 14th through the 20th, 2026
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Ancient solar monument predates Stonehenge alignment
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Hunter-gatherer burials reveal earliest known plague outbreak
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Archaeologists uncover evidence of large-scale fishing in the Canary Islands
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Second Alamo cannonball sheds light on famous 1836 battle
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June 15Audio News for June 7th through the 13th, 2026
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Small clay figurine from Guatemala may contain the oldest written numbers in Mesoamerica
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New study argues for gradual, regionally-based development of “modern” humans
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Iron Age burial in northern Scotland reveals unusual manipulation of the dead
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22,000-year-old jewelry from Spanish cave outlines Ice Age social networks
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June 08udio News for May 31st through June 6th, 2026
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Humans helped transport Stonehenge’s massive Altar Stone hundreds of kilometers
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South Africa cave extends timeline of human fire use by hundreds of thousands of years
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Researchers find three shipwrecks in Bahamas linked to Golden Age of Piracy
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Mass burial shows Copper Age children experienced high rates of respiratory illness
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June 01Audio News for June 28th through July 4th, 2026
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Herculaneum scrolls reveal hidden Greek text
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Ancient boat carvings suggest Atlantic links across Bronze Age Europe
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Ireland Bronze Age settlement may be among Europe’s earliest towns
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Early Americans specialized in hunting giant animals
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June 01Audio News for May 24th through the 30th, 2026
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Forensic archaeologists seek to unmask Namibia’s colonial-led genocide
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Ancient beds in South African cave show a glimpse of stone-age life
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DNA study in Peru unveils pre-Inca migration and marriage trends
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New DNA studies in Britain explore reality of historical impacts from Vikings and others
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May 25Audio News for May 17th through the 23rd, 2026
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Archaeologists investigate the Great Pyramid’s resilient engineering
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Prehistoric megastructure found in small Romanian settlement
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Ancient Mesoamericans used ritual transformations to connect to divine beings
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Archaeologists use medical kit to identify doctor among Pompeii’s victims
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May 18Audio News for May 10th through the 16th, 2026
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Study argues horse domestication and riding began earlier than believed
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Neanderthal tooth shows possible dental treatment 59,000 years ago
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Researchers challenge study that questioned Monte Verde antiquity
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Restoration project reveals size of Amphipolis tomb
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About The Archaeology Channel - Audio News from Archaeologica

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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…