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• Objects from a Lost Ancient Collection Found

  12-05-2023 23:36
  KLUCZKOWICE, POLAND—In 1942, the Kleniewski family fled their home in the town of Kluczkowice in central Poland when the Nazis confiscated their palace and turned it over to the SS. But while the family themselves left, they appear to have left some of their precious belongings behind. According to a report in The First News, during a recent government-sanctioned metal detecting survey, a detectorist found two 3,000-year-old bronze figurines depicting Osiris, the Egyptian god of death, and
  
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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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• Audio News for October 26th through November 1st, 2025

  03-11-2025 20:23 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Archaeologists propose timeline for first human migration out of southern Africa(details)details)Unearthed artifacts point us to Maya politics and culture at Ek Balam(details)Newly discovered Neanderthal remains reveal intercontinental connections(details)details)New West African museum prompts discovery of artifacts from the Kingdom of Benin(details)details)
  
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• Audio News for October 19th through the 25th, 2025

  27-10-2025 18:42 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Paleolithic stone tools reveal links between North America and Asia(details)(details)Archaeologists reconsider links between notable markers of the Bronze Age(details)(details)Cahokian wooden monument points to the city’s political and economic peak(details)(details)Modern technologies reshape view of relationship between Australia’s early human and megafaunal inhabitants(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News for October 12th through the 18th, 2025

  20-10-2025 19:55 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:New study proposes that hominids outside Homo family used tools(details) (details)Discovery of a large Minoan labyrinth in Crete(details)Underwater archaeological site in Belize shows Maya production of salt(details)(details)Presumed plague in Egyptian temporary capitol may have not happened(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News for October 5th through the 11th, 2025

  13-10-2025 08:06 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:New study shows how Easter Island inhabitants walked their moai statues(details)New date for ancient Egyptian temple comes from the shifting path of the Nile(details)(details)Public ritual practices helped form early Chinese state(details)(details)Ancient Peruvian empire may have used psychedelic beer to build relationships(details)
  
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• Audio News for September 28th through October 4th, 2025

  06-10-2025 14:28 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:China’s earliest known urban society identified(details)New timeline proposed for emergence of Bering Land Bridge(details)(details)Now-extinct megafauna were a key part of human Ice Age diets(details)(details)Archaeologists investigate impact of climate change on Bronze Age societies and agriculture(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News for September 21st through the 27th, 2025

  29-09-2025 15:49 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:42,000-year-old jewelry workshop discovered in France(details) (details)Pre-Hispanic ceremonial structures and petroglyphs point to neglected history of Indigenous cultures in Mexico(details)New evidence from Bronze Age Sicily pushes back the arrival of the horse(details)(details)Advanced imaging helps researchers reconstruct the development of million-year-old human evolution in China(details) (details)
  
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• Audio News for September 14th through the 20th, 2025

  22-09-2025 09:46 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Traces of exploding comet identified at Clovis archaeological sites(details)(details)World’s oldest mummies were smoke-dried(details)(details)Interdisciplinary team confirms woman honored by Roman-era marble sculpture(details)(details)Archaeologists locate underwater port, a potential clue for the site of Cleopatra’s tomb(details)
  
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• Audio News for September 7th through the 13th, 2025

  15-09-2025 09:14 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study indicates ancient hominins intentionally buried their dead(details)(details)Ancient red floor in Turkey shows Neolithic ritual life(details)Newly uncovered Caral city shows how residents peacefully adapted to climate change(details)British metal production continued after the Romans left(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News for August 31st through September 6th, 2025

  08-09-2025 13:26 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:First known use of indigo dye found on Paleolithic era stones(details)(details)Archaeologists piece together 9,000-year-old tool-making workshop in West Africa(details)(details)Burial mounds promise new revelations about Iron Age communities in Kazakhstan(details)Newly discovered frog sculpture helps confirm Caral people’s ecological connections(details)
  
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• Audio News for August 24th through the 30th, 2025

  02-09-2025 14:09 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:New evidence of early agricultural behaviors beyond Fertile Crescent(details)(details)Vibrant 3,000-year-old Peruvian mural points to a coastal, pre-Inca artistic tradition(details)Excavation of a single Scottish field reveals 10,000 years of history(details)
  
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• Audio News for August 17th through the 23rd, 2025

  25-08-2025 20:22 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:New study shows why early Persian Gulf communities were forced to design large-scale infrastructure(details)(details)New study traces transition from hunter-gatherers to the agricultural lifestyle(details)(details)First arrivals in Americas carried a genetic relic that helped fight diseases(details)New analysis of Neolithic cow's tooth found at Stonehenge confirms link to Wales(details)(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News for August 10th through the 16th, 2025

  18-08-2025 20:13 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Multiple year-long droughts may have caused collapse of the Maya in the Yucatán Peninsula(details)(details)Silver Viking-Age hoard in England shows trade networks with Islamic World(details)Die-cast silver coins in Southeast Asia showcase regional connections(details) (details)New study indicates that Neolithic peoples cannibalized rival groups(details) (details)
  
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• Audio News for August 3rd through the 9th, 2025

  11-08-2025 13:54 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:New research reveals Maya population much larger than earlier estimates(details)(details)Artifacts from unknown human relative found in Indonesia(details)(details)New excavations show some residents returned to Pompeii after Vesuvius eruption(details)Ancient DNA analysis redefines story of population development in the southern Caucasus(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News for July 27th through August 2nd, 2025

  04-08-2025 09:01 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Modeling study tests a Shroud of Turin creation hypothesis(details) (details)Medieval dental remains reveal the lifetime impact of early malnutrition(details) (details)Archaeologists identify mineral source for iconic ancient color, Maya Blue(details) (details)Ancient Celtic treasure trove unearthed in Czech Republic(details)
  
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• Audio News for July 20th through the 26th, 2025

  28-07-2025 08:53 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  News items read by Laura Kennedy include:Lost Maya city of Sak-Bahlán rediscovered through GIS(details) (details)Early funerary ritual revealed in Israel’s 100,000-year-old Tinshemet Cave(details)Bronze armor from the Late Bronze Age uncovered in the Czech Republic(details)Madagascar’s Teniky Site shows unexpected Persian influence and ancient Indian Ocean connections(details) (details)
  
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• Audio News Special Edition, July 13, 2025

  14-07-2025 14:53 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 June 29th through July 5th, 2025

  07-07-2025 18:47 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  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(details)New study reveals that Neanderthals practiced complex food-processing vital to human development(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News for June 22nd through the 28th, 2025

  30-06-2025 18:43 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  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 civilization's ancient temple uncovered in South America(details) (details)
  
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• Audio News for June 15th through the 21st, 2025

  23-06-2025 13:44 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  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)Noble Viking burials found in Denmark(details)
  
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• Audio News for June 8th through the 14th, 2025

  16-06-2025 19:03 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  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)Computer simulation assists archaeologists in mapping millennia-long Neanderthal migration(details)(details)
  
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• Audio News for June 1st through the 7th, 2025

  09-06-2025 13:51 via archaeologychannel.org
  
  
  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(details)(details)Stone Age technological adaptations reveal far-reaching cultural exchange among Philippine islands(details)(details)
  
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