Episodes

  • Audio News for December 8th through the 14th, 2024

    Audio News for December 8th through the 14th, 2024
    Dec 16 2024
    News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
    • Archaeologists uncover sarcophagus that may belong to Saint Nicholas (details)
    • Two studies support new date of Neanderthals interbreeding with humans (details)
    • Manot Cave shows evidence of earliest communal ritual on Asian continent (details) (details)
    • President Andrew Jackson’s slave cemetery found on his property (details)
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    14 mins
  • Audio News for December 1st through the 7th, 2024

    Audio News for December 1st through the 7th, 2024
    Dec 7 2024
    News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
    • New findings from Shakhi Kora evidence the first government system dates back to the 4th millennium (details) (details)
    • Ancient undeciphered script found on tablet in Georgia (details) (details)
    • New Alaska discoveries push human-canid relationship record back 2,000 years (details) (details)
    • Archaeologists discover hidden treasures beneath Notre Dame Cathedral during reconstruction (details)
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    13 mins
  • Audio News for November 24th through the 30th, 2024

    Audio News for November 24th through the 30th, 2024
    Dec 2 2024
    News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
    • European Pleistocene lithics mark key development in human technological evolution (details) (details)
    • Newly uncovered ancient dams showcase Liangzhu's advanced hydraulic engineering (details)
    • Pre-Columbian fishery system discovered in Belize sustained thousands (details) (details)
    • Footprints in Kenya reveal coexistence of multiple hominin species (details) (details)
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    11 mins
  • Audio News for November 17th through the 23rd, 2024

    Audio News for November 17th through the 23rd, 2024
    Nov 25 2024
    News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
    • Newly discovered alphabet could be oldest in human history (details)
    • Cutting-edge imaging reveals hidden text in legendary Blue Qur'an (details)
    • New statistics technique better detehttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/11/241119181845.htm
    • Bermuda dig reveals forgotten Colonial-era history (details)
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    12 mins
  • Audio News for November 10th through the 16th, 2024

    Audio News for November 10th through the 16th, 2024
    Nov 18 2024
    News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
    • Satellite imaging pinpoints location of ancient Islamic battle (details) (details)
    • Earliest known Maya salt production site uncovered in Belize (details) (details)
    • Dexterity in australopithecines like Lucy may have developed far earlier than thought (details) (details)
    • Ancient Greece’s cultural rise started a century earlier than previously thought—new research (details) (details)
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    14 mins
  • Audio News for November 3rd through 9th, 2024

    Audio News for November 3rd through 9th, 2024
    Nov 11 2024
    News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
    • Mesopotamian cylinder seals linked to development of writing system (details) (details)
    • DNA analysis challenges previous assumptions about Pompeii body casts (details) (details)
    • Ice Age stone tablets show oldest known images of fishing nets (details) (details)
    • Excavation of Peruvian burial mound reveals 76 child sacrifice victims (details)
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    14 mins
  • Audio News for October 27th through November 2nd, 2024

    Audio News for October 27th through November 2nd, 2024
    Nov 4 2024
    News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
    • Archaeologists discover bronze plaque with inscriptions at monumental temple of Poseidon in Greece (details)
    • New evidence reveals prehistoric Polynesians' southernmost voyage (details) (details)
    • LiDAR technology reveals ancient Maya settlement patterns in Campeche (details) (details) (details)
    • 4,000-year-old Bronze Age settlement found at Khaybar Oasis in Saudi Arabia (details) (details)
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    13 mins
  • Audio News for October 20th through the 26th, 2024

    Audio News for October 20th through the 26th, 2024
    Oct 28 2024
    News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
    • Rare Minoan sanctuary discovered at Archanes (details)
    • Copper Age Carpathian miners spurred developments in the wheel (details)(details)
    • Forgotten colonial-era settlement found beneath the Amazon rainforest (details)
    • High-altitude settlements along the Silk Road puzzle archaeologists (details)(details)
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    11 mins