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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Audio News for April 13th through April 19th, 2025
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13:26News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study reveals that social inequality isn’t inevitable (details) (details) Human remains in Texas show evidence of ancient cultural practices (details) Research indicates domestic cats originated in Tunisia (details) (details) (details) Tree ring study indicates drought led to barbarians attacking Roman …
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Audio News for April 6th through April 12th, 2025
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11:03News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Extremely rare Denisovan jawbone confirms human cousins spread across Asia (details)(details) Teotihuacan Altar found in Guatemala reveals cultural crossover in thriving city-state of Tikal (details)(details)(details) Ancient tools from a South African cave reveal interactions among prehistoric peoples (det…
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Audio News for March 30th through April 6th, 2025
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12:10News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Kach Kouch in Morocco shows Bronze Age habitation, refuting past narratives of emptiness (details) (details) Middle Paleolithic people in China developed innovative stone tools (details) Researchers find ancient weapon system in Texas caves (details) (details) Sutton Hoo helmet likely originated in Scandina…
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Audio News for March 23rd through the 29th, 2025
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12:49News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New evidence from Basur Höyük reveals egalitarian funerary practices in Bronze Age Mesopotamia (details) (details) Starch granules and the cultural significance of geophytes in Western North America during Prehistoric times (details) (details) Devastating wildfires threaten South Korea's cultural heritage a…
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Audio News for March 16th through the 22nd, 2025
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13:10News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study shows monument discovered in the 80s is two centuries older than Stonehenge (details) (details) Egyptian colonial cemetery reveals pyramid tombs weren't only for the elite (details) (details) First evidence of human habitation on the Tibetan Plateau during "unsurvivable" Last Glacial Maximum (deta…
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Audio News for March 9th through the 15th, 2025
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13:19News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study illuminates the important relationship between Neanderthals and modern humans (details) (details) Ancient DNA reveals relationships between Stone Age Europeans and North Africans (details) (details) Mysterious Pre-Columbian burial investigated in Ecuador (details) (details) Ancient Greek burial mo…
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Audio News for March 2nd through the 8th, 2025
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14:07News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Sophisticated irrigation system uncovered in ancient city of Eridu (details) (details) Migration, not culture, influenced Europe’s Celtic languages (details) (details) Ancient ceramic “puppets” in El Salvador show Central American connections (details) (details) World’s oldest bone tools reported from Olduv…
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Audio News for February 23rd through March 1st, 2025
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14:43News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Fossilized track marks indicate earliest known use of handcarts (details)(details) DNA tracing confirms complex genetic backgrounds of the Huns (details)(details) Super heating and cooling from Vesuvius eruption caused glass brain (details)(details) Research summary: Göbekli Tepe was a domestic site (detail…
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Audio News for February 16th through the 22nd, 2025
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13:25News items read by Laura Kennedy include: King Thutmose II’s tomb found, the first royal burial discovery in over a century (details)(details)(details) Laser technology uncovers intricate fifteenth century Zapotec city (details)(details) Plague epidemics likely started a century before the Black Death (details)(details) Excavation uncovers section …
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Audio News for February 9th through the 15th, 2025
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13:06News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Archaeologists uncover Silla Kingdom palace site, revealing royal structures and advanced engineering (details) Ancient skeletons found in the Thames may indicate Bronze and Iron Age conflicts (details) Study uncovers complex genetic origins of the Fulani, one of Africa’s largest pastoral groups (details) (…
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Audio News for February 2nd through the 8th, 2025
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12:18News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Roots of Indo-European languages revealed by ancient DNA (details) (details) Arabic manuscript contains lost works of the Greek “Great Geometer” Apollonius (details) Changes in North American Indigenous population outlined by radiocarbon-dated artifacts (details) Interdisciplinary team peers inside Mount Ve…
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Audio News for January 26th through February 1st, 2025
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13:38News items read by Laura Kennedy include: English seaside residence identified as the lost site of King Harold's 11th-century home (details)(details) Unique drainage and irrigation system supported Amazon's first grain-based agrarian economy (details)(details) Roman sanctuary discovered deep within Spain’s key Paleolithic site (details) DNA researc…
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Audio News for January 19th through the 25th, 2025
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13:38News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Oldest known presence of hominins in Europe found in Romania (details) (details) Volcanic ash may have helped develop ancient Bolivian city (details) Human effort made Australia’s earth rings (details(details)) Ancient trade between strangers may explain the creation of money (details)(details)…
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Audio News for January 12th through the 18th, 2025
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15:26News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Amelia Earhart’s airplane possibly discovered in satellite imagery (details) Archaeologists find underground Inca tunnel system (details) Iron Age Celtic communities in Britain based on female lineage (details) (details) Excavators uncover opulent Pompeii bathhouse (details)…
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Audio News for January 5th through the 11th, 2025
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14:17News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Anglo-Saxon connections with Byzantium shown in Sutton Hoo burials (details) (details) Pottery production in Iraq shows evidence of early specialization dating back 8,000 years (details) Ancient DNA and human migrations shed light on the genetic history of Indonesia (details) (details) Strontium isotope map…
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Audio News for December 29th, 2024, through January 4th, 2025
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12:49News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Possible burial of a female medieval warrior located in Hungary (details)(details) New DNA analysis method brings historic European migrations into focus (details)(details) Eighteenth-century Russian cargo unearthed from a Caspian Sea shipwreck in Iran (details) (details) Colonial-era angel murals unearthed…
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Audio News for December 22nd through the 28th, 2024
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14:31News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Spectacular shipwreck bearing 10,000 ceramics lay untouched in Aegean for over a millennium (details) Ancient genomes reveal Bronze Age branching of Indo-European language groups (details) (details) Villa double the size of US White House revealed within ancient Assyrian capital (details)(details) 1,500-yea…
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