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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 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 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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• Audio News for February 8th through the 14th, 2026

  16-02-2026 11:10 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Oregon cave artifacts point to climate adaptation strategies(details)(details)Earliest Egyptian bow drill identified in legacy museum collection(details)Archaeologists document early open ocean travel in the High Arctic(details)(details)Ancient plant ranges reshape understanding of early farming(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News February 1st through the 7th, 2026

  09-02-2026 08:08 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Rare elephant bone in Spain offers physical trace of Hannibals war elephants(details)Archaeologists uncover early mammoth ivory workshop in Alaska(details)Researchers link early human innovation to movement and social connection(details)Newly uncovered Avar cemetery offers rare view of early medieval Hungary(details)
  
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• Audio News January 25th through the 31st, 2026

  02-02-2026 09:34 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Researchers unearth oldest handheld tools made of wood(details)Zapotec tomb in Oaxaca features symbolic owl carving(details)Ancient Taş Tepeler pillars found in Adiyaman point to an expansive Neolithic culture(details)Advanced stone technology found in China poses new questions about early East Asians(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News for January 18th through the 24th, 2026

  26-01-2026 08:07 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Indonesian island of Sulawesi holds world’s oldest cave art almost 70,000 years old(details)(details)Oldest elephant-bone tool in Europe shows early human technological ability(details)(details)Ancient remains extend timeline of bacteria related to syphilis by more than 3,000 years(details)(details)Ancient mass burial in Jordan shows how massive plague reveals migration patterns(details)
  
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• Audio News for January 11th through the 17th, 2026

  19-01-2026 15:56 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Artifacts from Phrygian tomb suggest possible link to King Midas(details)Medieval Anglo-Saxon cemetery discovered in Suffolk, England(details)Medieval burials at Menga dolmen suggest symbolic significance of monument over 1000 years after construction(details)(details)New underwater remains add to record of El Huarco Archaeological Complex(details)
  
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• Audio News for January 4th, 2025, through the 10th, 2026

  12-01-2026 08:42 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Long-hidden ancient landscape documented in Ecuadorian rainforest(details)Ancient poisoned arrowheads reveal complex hunting strategies in early humans(details)(details)Trove of ancient administrative artifacts found in Iran(details)(details)Rare Iron Age instrument unearthed during pre-construction excavation in England(details)
  
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• Audio News for December 28th, 2025, through January 3rd, 2026

  05-01-2026 06:04 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Lost Spanish mission site located in southeastern Texas(details)Early silver penny sheds light on Scotland’s first coinage(details)Prehistoric hillfort shows signs of a very large settlement in eastern Ireland(details)(details)Ancient cremation of a woman puzzles archaeologists in Malawi(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News for December 21st through the 27th, 2025

  29-12-2025 20:12 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Researchers discover 5,000-year-old textile fragments in Magura Cave in Bulgaria(details)First Maya patolli board found with mosaic design(details)(details)Indian stone labyrinth may indicate relationship with Roman traders(details)Ancient Hittite cuneiform fragment in the Czech Republic may be hoax(details)
  
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• Audio News for December 14th through the 20th, 2025

  22-12-2025 11:25 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:New analysis documents technological developments in toolmaking at Terra Amata(details)(details)Ancient Chinese account of comet may substantiate biblical Star of Bethlehem(details)(details)Resilience theory helps tell story of ancient Chinese community’s climate survival(details)(details)Bayeux Tapestry may have originally hung in monastic dining hall(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News for December 7th through the 13th, 2025

  15-12-2025 11:01 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Excavations confirm lost Indigenous settlements described by John Smith(details)Earliest known intentional fire was set in England about 400,000 years ago(details)Botanical art from 8000 years ago shows early mathematical thinking(details)(detailsAncient stone structures found beneath the waters off Brittany(details)(details
  
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• Audio News for November 30th through December 6th, 2025

  08-12-2025 08:08 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Genetic study reveals long isolation of early humans in southern Africa(details)(details)Ancient DNA offers new clues about early cat domestication(details)(details)New findings explain why men and women were sacrificed differently in ancient China(details)(details)Excavation reveals traces of Tlatelolca people beneath Mexico City(details)
  
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• Audio News for November 23rd through the 29th, 2025

  01-12-2025 08:49 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Cereal cultivation led to the development of early states(details)(details)Modern humans came to Australia 60,000 years ago along two routes(details)(details)New Peruvian astronomical structure the oldest in the Americas(details)(details)Pharoah Sheshonq III’s sarcophagus uncovered in another king’s tomb(details)
  
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• Audio News for November 16th through the 22nd, 2025

  24-11-2025 13:43 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:12,000-year-old artifact shows early symbolic link between woman and goose(details)Bronze Age settlement with metal production found on the Kazakh Steppe(details)(details)Underwater canoes in Lake Mendota reveal ancient travel routes(details)Ancient silver cup shows one of the earliest cosmic maps(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News for November 9th through the 15th, 2025

  17-11-2025 13:57 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:5,200-hole monument may be the oldest accounting system in the Andes(details)(details)Humans and dogs migrated together for 11,000 years(details)French naval base built on top of a 2,000-year-old port(details)Japan had the least Denisovan DNA in East Asia(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News for November 2nd through the 8th, 2025

  10-11-2025 10:03 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:New study increases map of Roman empire’s roads by over 100,000 kilometers(details)(details)Very early stone tool technology lasting 300,000 years in Kenya(details)(details)3,000-year-old Maya site built as map of universe(details)(details)Ice Age human activity discovered in Iberian highlands(details)(details)
  
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