News items read by Laura Pettigrew include: Environmental change and the creation of the Egyptian nation-state; Early Medieval graveyard in Cambridge,

England; update on Peru’s Cloud Warriors; and Bronze Age changes in Switzerland.

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.

News items read by Laura Pettigrew include: Book of the Dead chapter and temple in Egypt; Early Bronze Age objects possibly used as money; Hopewell sites in Ohio nominated for World Heritage; and systematic study of ancient knowledge and its modern applications.

News items read by Laura Pettigrew include: Aphrodite temple in Turkey; facial reconstruction of Siberian couple; female statue in Mexico; and Sulawesi warty pig as oldest cave art.

News items read by Laura Pettigrew include: South African bones mean more hominid species; indigenous-led archaeology in Australia; death threats to Peruvian archaeologist; and Yellowstone Park treasure hunter convicted.

News items read by Laura Pettigrew include: Ancient Peruvian farmers took advantage of El Nino; effort at Bozeman Trail historic nomination; fast-food restaurant in Pompeii; and tree rings evidence warming climate.

News items read by Laura Pettigrew include: Agriculture in ancient forest islands of the Amazon; Doggerland points made of human bone; DNA upends the story of Caribbean migrations; and imported foods common in Bronze Age Levant.

News items read by Laura Pettigrew include: Counterfeit silver in early Middle East; climate change ended Central Asian civilizations; more skulls for Aztec tower of skulls; and high craftsmanship in Scottish cross.

News items read by Laura Pettigrew include: Bronze age Greek helmet in Croatia; reindeer-hunting artifacts in Norway ice patch; Southwestern mummies reflect community support of the dying; and Tudor-era coins in English garden.

News items read by Laura Pettigrew include: Ancient Islamic Period necropolis in Spain; extensive hydrological sytems at Tikal; Greek antiquities traffickers busted; and vast rock art imagery including extinct animals in Colombian Amazon.