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• Audio News for April 5th through the 11th, 2026

  13-04-2026 11:07 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Isotopic analysis illuminates 10,000-year European gender gap in meat consumption(details)(details)Ancient humans ran stone factory for 100,000 years(details)(details)Ancient DNA reveals population collapse in northern France near the end of the Neolithic(details)(details)Ancient Maya architecture reveals shift in style of governance(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News Special Edition, October 11, 2026

  12-10-2026 17:03 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Drafted on board the ship LC Marin Mainiku on the way to Nikumaroro(details)
  
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• Audio News Special Edition, October 4, 2026

  05-10-2026 12:59 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  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 September 20th through the 26th, 2026

  28-09-2026 19:39 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:A lost wall may reveal the location of ancient Paris(details)A piece of the world’s oldest peace treaty emerges in Turkey(details)wo ancient burials may explain Göbeklitepe’s scattered human bones(details)(details)Giant stone circles raise new questions in Argentina’s Andes(details)
  
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• Audio News for September 13th through the 19th, 2026

  21-09-2026 09:19 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Ancient wall points to early defensive engineering in Morocco(details)(details)Dozens of ancient Mexican rock paintings trace a journey to the underworld(details)Pre-colonization, Indigenous Australian population may have been as high as 2.2 million(details)Researchers try lead-based method that could unlock the Herculaneum scrolls(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News for September 6th through the 12th, 2026

  14-09-2026 11:16 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:First discovery of an arm bone in China from the mysterious Denisovans(details)(details)25,000-year-old betel nut traces indicate oldest habitual use of drugs(details)(details)Researchers discover elite pre-Colombian Peruvian funeral platform(details)Irish cave art indicates migrants from Wales arrived much earlier than expected(details)
  
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• Audio News for August 30th through September 5th, 2026

  07-09-2026 12:55 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Carbon dating confirms Indigenous Mexican manuscript predates Spanish conquest(details)(details)DNA suggests crops and livestock reached northwestern China without mass migration(details)(details)Homeowner discovers Denmark’s largest Viking silver treasure(details)Aboriginal artists used giant Rainbow Serpents to reinforce traditions during colonization(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News for August 23rd through the 29th, 2026

  31-08-2026 17:03 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Hidden Inka roads reveal new side of Machu Picchu(details)(details)6,500-year-old ritual center tracked solar and lunar events(details)11,000-year-old statue shows human mastering a leopard(details)Ancient DNA confirms cacao reached Mississippian people(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News for August 16th through the 22nd, 2026

  24-08-2026 19:08 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Bone analysis indicates that Ireland’s “Kerry Cow” was actually a bear(details)First evidence of Neanderthal presence in Arabian desert(details)(details)4,000-year-old Austronesian painting recalls one of history’s greatest migrations(details)Mysterious grave good reveals pre-Inca metal processing networks(details)
  
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• Audio News for August 9th through the 15th, 2026

  17-08-2026 12:23 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Newly discovered papal letter indicates support for Norman Conquest(details)Translation of Linear A links Minoan and Greek gods(details)(details)Pre-Hispanic Colombians collaboratively built water management systems(details)(details)Newly excavated Anatolian Church may be the site for the First Council of Nicaea(details)
  
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• Audio News for August 2nd through the 8th, 2026

  10-08-2026 10:26 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:New excavations reveal how Moche potters lived and worked at Cerro Mayal(details)Sugar may have fueled human brain evolution, not just meat(details)Ancient DNA suggests Ice Age people hunted more female mammoths than males(details)Scattered bones may point to violence at a Roman villa in Britain(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News for July 26th through August 1st, 2026

  03-08-2026 21:12 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Ancient Amazon civilization reshapes understanding of rainforest history(details)(details)Byzantine shipwreck yields remarkable gold treasure(details)Ghost DNA study uncovers unknown human ancestors(details)(details)Newly identified Assyrian kings reshape ancient royal history(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News for June 21st through the 27th, 2026

  27-06-2026 06:50 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Possible all-female prehistoric burial deep in a South African cave system(details)(details)New study shows Neanderthals were genetically diverse prior to extinction(details)(details)First identification of ancient human DNA on cave walls(details)(details)Researchers find incredible Maya city with pyramid and stelae(details)
  
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• Audio News for June 14th through the 20th, 2026

  22-06-2026 11:11 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Ancient solar monument predates Stonehenge alignment(details)Hunter-gatherer burials reveal earliest known plague outbreak(details)(details)Archaeologists uncover evidence of large-scale fishing in the Canary Islands(details)(details)Second Alamo cannonball sheds light on famous 1836 battle(details)
  
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• Audio News for June 7th through the 13th, 2026

  15-06-2026 18:34 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Small clay figurine from Guatemala may contain the oldest written numbers in Mesoamerica(details)(details)New study argues for gradual, regionally-based development of “modern” humans(details)(details)Iron Age burial in northern Scotland reveals unusual manipulation of the dead(details)(details)22,000-year-old jewelry from Spanish cave outlines Ice Age social networks(details)(details)
  
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• udio News for May 31st through June 6th, 2026

  08-06-2026 10:29 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Humans helped transport Stonehenge’s massive Altar Stone hundreds of kilometers(details)(details)South Africa cave extends timeline of human fire use by hundreds of thousands of years(details)(details)Researchers find three shipwrecks in Bahamas linked to Golden Age of Piracy(details)Mass burial shows Copper Age children experienced high rates of respiratory illness(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News for May 24th through the 30th, 2026

  01-06-2026 09:03 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Forensic archaeologists seek to unmask Namibia’s colonial-led genocide(details)Ancient beds in South African cave show a glimpse of stone-age life(details)(details)DNA study in Peru unveils pre-Inca migration and marriage trends(details)(details)New DNA studies in Britain explore reality of historical impacts from Vikings and others(details)
  
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• Audio News for May 17th through the 23rd, 2026

  25-05-2026 09:07 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Archaeologists investigate the Great Pyramid’s resilient engineering(details)(details)Prehistoric megastructure found in small Romanian settlement(details)Ancient Mesoamericans used ritual transformations to connect to divine beings(details)(details)Archaeologists use medical kit to identify doctor among Pompeii’s victims(details)
  
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• Audio News for May 10th through the 16th, 2026

  18-05-2026 13:42 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Study argues horse domestication and riding began earlier than believed(details)(details)Neanderthal tooth shows possible dental treatment 59,000 years ago(details)(details)Researchers challenge study that questioned Monte Verde antiquity(details)Restoration project reveals size of Amphipolis tomb(details)
  
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• Audio News for May 3rd through the 9th, 2026

  11-05-2026 10:30 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Four new crew member identifications made from Arctic Franklin Expedition(details)(details)Maya highly valued dogs and traded them across long distances(details)(details)Australia presents earliest evidence of heat-treated chert for knapping(details)(details)Revised photography method helps uncover timber base of island in Scottish loch(details)
  
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• Audio News for April 26th through May 2nd, 2026

  04-05-2026 19:43 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Patagonian burial site shows earlier habitation along the Atlantic coast of South America(details)Genetic research in Germany points to smaller-scale migrations of northerners after Roman rule.(details)(details)New evidence ties the origins of bread wheat to ancient Caucasus(details)Shamash Gate in Nineveh shows evidence of ancient and modern battles(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News for April 19th through the 25th, 2026

  27-04-2026 10:31 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Papyrus fragment of the Iliad found inside Egyptian mummy(details)DNA study reveals population movements across Southern Cone(details)(details)Major settlement complex uncovered along Czech rail route(details)Study finds multiple factors behind Neanderthal extinction(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News for April 12th through the 18th, 2026

  20-04-2026 11:06 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Ancient lakeshore charcoal remains indicate hominins used driftwood as fuel source(details)(details)Precolonial Bolivian mummy shows evidence of scarlet fever (details)(details)Ancient megastructure in Romania shows power of communal leadership (details)(details)Early humans deliberately made tools with geological features (details)(details)">details)">details)">details)
  
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• Audio News for March 29th through April 4th, 2026

  06-04-2026 14:53 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:New Radiocarbon Dates Push Mohenjo-daro Back to 3300 BC- Rivaling the Earliest Cities of Egypt and Mesopotamia(details)(details)ative Americans were making dice, gambling, exploring probability millennia before their Old World counterparts(details)(details)Lost mosaic reveals first image of female beast-fighter from the Roman era(details)(details)Shroud of Turin may have Indian origin, DNA analysis suggests(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News for March 22nd through the 28th, 2026

  30-03-2026 08:16 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Early dog DNA suggests domestication began earlier than expected(details)(details)(details)Evidence suggests King Harold traveled by sea before Hastings(details)Early settlement shows people settled before farming began(details)(details)Unusual Maya structures may have served as marketplaces(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News for March 15th through the 21st, 2026

  23-03-2026 09:03 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:New dating of Monte Verde contradicts consensus on human settlement of South America(details)(details)Study traces roots foundations of democracy throughout the ancient world(details)(details)Genetic analysis reveals mixed genome of first Palau settlers(details)Iron Age hoards in Britain held technological and ritual significance(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News for March 8th through the 14th, 2026

  16-03-2026 12:18 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Archaeologists conduct first carbon dating of Paleolithic paintings in southwestern France(details)(details)43,000 written fragments chronicle centuries of everyday Egyptian life(details)Ancient parrot feathers point to complex pre-Inca logistical planning(details)Newly recovered artifact could be from Europe’s oldest known handgun(details)
  
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• Audio News for March 1st through the 7th, 2026

  09-03-2026 09:22 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Arabic letter from Nubian king proves he was real(details)(details)DNA study dispels some popular notions about interactions of farmers and hunter-gatherers in Neolithic Europe(details)(details)Archaeologists discover ancient settlements and rock art during northern Mexico railway project(details)Recent findings at Templo Mayor in Mexico City shed more light on a colossal ceremonial ritual(details)
  
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• Audio News for February 22nd through the 28th, 2026

  02-03-2026 10:54 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Ice Age carvings show complex sign systems 40,000 years before writing(details)Study suggests interbreeding mostly involved Neanderthal males and human females(details)Chimú geoglyph and large farming complex documented in Chicama Valley(details)Greek inscription in Syrian mosque adds evidence to Roman sun temple debate(details)
  
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• Audio News for February 15th through the 21st, 2026

  23-02-2026 11:49 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Environmental factors shaped genetic lineages of prehistoric Japan(details)(details)Experimental study confirms ancient Greeks could have safely brewed a psychoactive drink(details)(details)Newly discovered Venezuelan petroglyph is one of the oldest in the country(details)Novel dating techniques show Ubeidiya site is at least 1.9 million years old(details)
  
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