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• Study Shows Bronze Age Cauldrons Held Blood and Milk

  06-06-2024 03:12
  BASEL, SWITZERLAND—According to a statement released by the University of Basel, an international team of scientists has analyzed proteins recovered from residues in two 2,700-year-old bronze cauldrons discovered in northern Mongolia. The test results indicate that the vessels were used to process animal blood, mostly from sheep and goats, and milk, mostly from domestic cattle and yaks. The researchers, led by Shevan Wilkin of the University of Basel, suggest that nomads in Mongolia collec
  
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• Audio News for December 15th through the 21st, 2024

  23-12-2024 10:05 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Silver amulet may reveal spread of Christianity north of the Alps(details)Remains of 40 people from the Bronze Age reveal violent deaths(details) (details)Site of Alexander the Great’s most important battle is located(details)Syphilis started in the Americas, not Europe(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News for December 8th through the 14th, 2024

  16-12-2024 11:18 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  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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• Audio News for December 1st through the 7th, 2024

  07-12-2024 13:41 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  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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• Audio News for November 24th through the 30th, 2024

  02-12-2024 15:48 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  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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• Audio News for November 17th through the 23rd, 2024

  25-11-2024 18:03 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  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.htmBermuda dig reveals forgotten Colonial-era history(details)
  
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• Audio News for November 10th through the 16th, 2024

  18-11-2024 17:27 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  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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• Audio News for November 3rd through 9th, 2024

  11-11-2024 17:25 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  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)å
  
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• Audio News for October 27th through November 2nd, 2024

  04-11-2024 17:21 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  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)å
  
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• Audio News for October 20th through the 26th, 2024

  28-10-2024 14:40 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  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)å
  
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• #RealArchaeology and how to get involved in it!

  27-10-2024 23:00 via dougsarchaeology.wordpress.com
  
  Over the last three days, archaeologists have been participating in an event to highlight great archaeological work in a variety of media – podcasts, videos, blog posts, twitter threads, etc. The topics are diverse and the content is superb. If you missed it, the website for it (http://real-archaeology.com/) has a list of all the participants and their content so you can go back and look at it all. I highly recommend it.
  But can a non-archaeologist do archaeology?Maybe for some of you, you
  
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• Audio News for October 13th through the 19th, 2024

  21-10-2024 18:40 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:New documentary suggest Columbus was of Spanish Jewish heritage(details)Untouched burial chamber discovered beneath Petra’s ‘Treasury’(details)(details)Unearthed throne room suggests Peru's ancient Moche society had a female ruler(details)(details)Fifty well-preserved Viking era skeletons discovered in Denmark(details)å
  
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• Audio News for October 6th through the 12th, 2024

  14-10-2024 18:00 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Rising and lowering sea levels influenced living patterns of earliest coastal villages(details) (details)Jade artifacts reveal evidence of trade between two cultures in ancient China(details)Early Neolithic longhouse uncovered in Poland(details)Scythian-like horse sacrifice in southern Siberia royal tomb(details) (details)å
  
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• Audio News for September 29th through October 5th, 2024

  07-10-2024 12:41 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Archaeologists discover large cemetery of Viking skeletons(details)More than 1000 clay tablets returned from Chicago to Iran(details)Walrus ivory shows interactions between Vikings and Indigenous North Americans(details) (details)South African site shows 9,000 years of genetic continuity(details)(details)å
  
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• Audio News for September 22nd through the 28th, 2024

  30-09-2024 16:17 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Identified Nazca Lines nearly doubled with assistance from AI model(details)(details)Surprise discovery of centuries-old sweet potato cultivation in New Zealand(details)(details)DNA analysis reveals gender imbalance in the Neolithic necropolis of Panoría(details)(details)Bronze Age find reveals second origin point for cheese(details)(details)å
  
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• Audio News for September 15th through the 21st, 2024

  23-09-2024 13:52 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Analysis of America's oldest tombstone illuminates colonial era trade networks(details)South African rock art may depict animal that went extinct before dinosaurs(details)(details)Mystery man interred under Notre-Dame nave was noted French poet(details)Isotopic and stylistic analysis reveals The Lion of Venice’s Chinese origins(details)å
  
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• Audio News for September 8th through the 14th, 2024

  16-09-2024 17:53 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:DNA of 'Thorin,' one of the last Neanderthals, finally sequenced, revealing inbreeding and 50,000 years of genetic isolation(details)(details)Easter Island's population never collapsed, but it did have contact with Native Americans, DNA study suggests(details)(details)Archaeologists challenge theory of violent Steppe invasion in Iberia Peninsula(details)(details)Clovis people used Great Lakes camp annually about 13,000 years ago, researchers confirm(detai
  
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• Audio News for September 1st through the 7th, 2024

  09-09-2024 17:48 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Scientist rules out Orkney origin for Stonehenge Altar Stone(details)Roman silver coins may have been hidden from pirates(details)New model reveals how climate impacted human dispersal over Europe(details)Activists memorialize New York cemetery for enslaved people(details)å
  
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• Audio News for August 25th through the 31st, 2024

  03-09-2024 16:54 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:17th century samurai sword found in German WWII rubble(details)Study finds sacrificed Inca child had violent death(details)Mysterious Nordic burial ground for children unearthed(details)Missing WWII USAF pilot identified at Sicilian crash site(details)å
  
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• Audio News for August 18th through the 24th, 2024

  26-08-2024 13:05 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Unearthed Peru temple burials predate Inca empire by millennia(details)New planted spear idea upends view of how prehistoric hunters downed huge prey(details)(details)Ancient burial site spanning over 2,100 years located under zoo in south China(details)8,000-year old female figurine in Turkish Neolithic site may have been protective talisman(details)å
  
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• Audio News for August 11th through the 17th, 2024

  19-08-2024 19:02 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Altar Stone at Stonehenge matches the bedrock found in Scotland(details)(details)Giant stone glyph uncovered on the bottom of a Maya sacred pool(details)Neanderthals in southern Pyrenees were highly capable and adaptable(details)(details)West Papua cave reveals early pathway for seafaring migrants into Sahul(details)(details)(details)å
  
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• Audio News for August 4th through the 10th, 2024

  12-08-2024 16:54 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:New fossils provide insights into development of extinct hominin species(details)New proposal for abandonment of ancient American settlement of Cahokia(details)(details)Göbekli Tepe might show world’s oldest calendar(details)(details)Excavation of Chinese bone needle workshop shows developments in ancient industrialization(details)å
  
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• Audio News for July 28th through August 3rd, 2024

  05-08-2024 10:42 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Burial site used throughout Iron and Bronze ages unearthed in Germany(details) (details)Remains of affluent life in 17th century Williamsburg unearthed in Virginia(details)Chinese Bronze Age human sacrifice shows reinforcement of social status(details)Virtual dissection conducted of 3,500 year old “Screaming Woman” mummy(details) (details)å
  
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• Audio News for July 21st through the 27th, 2024

  29-07-2024 19:22 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Workshop buried in Sanxingdui Ruins offers clues to ancient jade and stone sourcing, crafting, distribution(details)(details)Lake draining helps team find proof of ancient pre-Vikings in Norway(details)Genetics show how ancient wild Four Corners potato became widespread staple(details)(details)Excavations at ruined Anatolian castle uncover underground temple of secret religion(details)å
  
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• Audio News for July 14th through the 20th, 2024

  22-07-2024 15:33 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Archaeologists uncover underwater rock carvings of Egyptian pharaohs(details)Early humans in South America arrived early and ate armadillos(details)(details)Ancient circular stone structures in Saudi Arabia indicate inhabitants were sophisticated thinkers(details)(details)New geologic dating shows early European hominins came via Gibraltar(details)(details)å
  
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• Audio News for July 7th through the 13th, 2024

  15-07-2024 17:11 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Roman garden may have belonged to Caligula(details)Hittite royal seal warns of punishment(details)Plant remains show how early farming unfolded in east Africa(details)(details)Peruvian temple and theater are four thousand years old(details)å
  
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• Audio News for June 30th through July 6th, 2024

  08-07-2024 17:47 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Novel analysis of cave bone fragments brings lives of extinct humans on the Tibetan plateau into focus(details)(details)Newly discovered Venezuelan rock art may point to an unknown culture(details)(details)Australia’s oldest known wooden artifacts document Aboriginal rituals(details)(details)Analysis of Neolithic tomb provides intimate look at Europe’s family tree(details)å
  
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• Audio News for June 23rd through the 29th, 2024

  01-07-2024 18:23 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Groundbreaking discovery in tomb-filled capital of Korea's ancient Silla Kingdom(details)Laser sensors pierce forest canopy to reveal forgotten Maya settlements(details)Gravitational wave science helps solve mystery of ancient analog computer(details)First discovery of Neanderthal with Down syndrome confirms culture of community care(details)
  
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• Audio News for June 16th through the 22nd, 2024

  24-06-2024 09:00 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Medieval stone catapult balls found at Kenilworth Castle(details)Sweet find in the cellars of Mount Vernon(details)Protein analysis reveals human blood in plaster used on royal tomb in Benin(details)Remains of Celtic people at Swiss site show violent death, probably in a bridge collapse(details)
  
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• Audio News for June 9th through the 15th, 2024

  17-06-2024 19:10 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Dietary evidence shows how a Bronze Age city in Syria survived(details)Glass beads reveal Indigenous American trade networks(details)(details)New evidence shows where survivors of Vesuvius eruption resettled(details)Dating for the world’s oldest wooden sculpture(details)(details)
  
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