The Archaeology Channel - Audio News from Archaeologica

The Archaeology Channel - Audio News from Archaeologica

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.

Episodes

Audio News Special Edition, July 13, 2025

July 14, 2025 • 16 mins

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:

Purdue Research Foundation and Archaeological Legacy Institute to embark on expedition to identify Amelia Earhart’s missing plane (details)

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Audio News for June 29th through July 5th, 2025

July 7, 2025 • 11 mins

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:

Oldest ancient Egyptian genome indicates North African and Mesopotamian ancestry (details) (details)
Flourishing 3,500-year-old city in Peru served as key trading post (details)
Old Stone Age tools in China suggest sophisticated foraging techniques by early humans ...

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Audio News for June 22nd through the 28th, 2025

June 30, 2025 • 12 mins

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:

New study suggests "Dragon Man" skull may reveal what a Denisovan’s face looked like (details) (details)
Ancient Egyptian city of Imet was a thriving urban area (details)
Research shows a large increase in human use of fire 50,000 years ago (details)
Vanished ...

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Audio News for June 15th through the 21st, 2025

June 23, 2025 • 12 mins

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:

Ancient dog DNA reveals connection between dog migration and farming spread into South America (details)(details)
New evidence confirms great age of New Mexico footprints (details)(details)
Ancient Roman city of Metlosedum found in modern day Melun (details)
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Audio News for June 8th through the 14th, 2025

June 16, 2025 • 10 mins

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:

First-of-its-kind Roman artifact unearthed in Ireland (details)
Dental study reveals the story of the domestication of wild boars in early Neolithic China (details)(details)
Excavation reveals centuries of Veracruz history from the Aztec Empire to the present day (details)

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Audio News for June 1st through the 7th, 2025

June 9, 2025 • 11 mins

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:

Artificial intelligence model utilized to date handwriting on Dead Sea Scrolls (details) (details)
Expansive, Millenia-Old Indigenous American crop fields indicate high-level social organization (details)
Royal tomb in Turkey may belong to the relative of a legendary King ...

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Audio News for May 25th through the 31st, 2025

June 2, 2025 • 12 mins

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:

New genomic testing sheds light on collapse of Maya civilization (details) (details)
7,000-year study of desert monuments reflects climate shift (details) (details)
Presumed Iron Age Roman war cemetery actually holds pre-Roman British infighting casualties ...

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Audio News for May 18th through the 24th, 2025

May 26, 2025 • 12 mins

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:

Political events and cultural shifts influenced the genetic landscape of Spain (details) (details)
Tomb and artifacts uncovered in ancient Peruvian citadel (details)
Indonesian sea floor gives up two Homo erectus skull fragments (details) (deta...

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Audio News for May 11th through the 17th, 2025

May 19, 2025

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:

New study of obsidian artifacts in Mexico points to large Mesoamerican trading network (details)(details)
Research team uncovers diversity of pregnancy depictions among Viking age communities (details)(details)
Excavation of new ancient relief depicts last great Assyrian king ...

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Audio News for May 4th through the 10th, 2025

May 12, 2025 • 13 mins

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:

Philodemus’ lost work identified in the charred Herculaneum papyri (details)
From Britain to the Mediterranean: tracing Bronze Age tin trade across civilizations (details)(details)
wo swastika-engraved swords discovered in an ancient Celtic necropolis in France (details)

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Audio News for April 27th through May 3rd, 2025

May 5, 2025 • 12 mins

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:

Genetic study fills in the story of New Mexico tribe’s Chaco Canyon ancestry (details) (details)
Luxor obelisk may have displayed “propaganda” praising Ramesses II (details)
Ancient human settlement on Scottish island reveals previously unknown extent of nomadic travel ...

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Audio News for April 20th through the 26th, 2025

April 28, 2025 • 13 mins

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:

New study finds first physical evidence for Roman era human-animal gladiatorial combat in Europe (details) (details)
Ancient DNA shows Punic people had virtually no Levantine ancestors (details)
Ancient DNA shows Punic people had virtually no Levantine ancestors ...

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Audio News for April 13th through April 19th, 2025

April 21, 2025 • 13 mins

News 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) (detail...

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Audio News for April 6th through April 12th, 2025

April 14, 2025 • 11 mins

News 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 prehisto...

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Audio News for March 30th through April 6th, 2025

April 7, 2025 • 12 mins

News 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)

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Audio News for March 23rd through the 29th, 2025

March 31, 2025 • 12 mins

News 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 wild...

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Audio News for March 16th through the 22nd, 2025

March 24, 2025 • 13 mins

News 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 ...

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Audio News for March 9th through the 15th, 2025

March 17, 2025 • 13 mins

News 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 Ecu...

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Audio News for March 2nd through the 8th, 2025

March 10, 2025 • 14 mins

News 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 ...

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Audio News for February 23rd through March 1st, 2025

March 3, 2025 • 14 mins

News 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 ...

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