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Rating
4.7from
This podcast has
95 episodes
Language
EnglishPublisher
Archaeological Legacy InstituteExplicit
No
Date created
2005/07/24
Latest episode
2026/11/02
Average duration
13 min.
Release period
7 days
Description
The news of the week in audio, for many years compiled and written by the late Michelle Hilling of Archaeologica, is now the product of our dedicated volunteer team. Read by Laura Kennedy, the Audio News is compiled from Archaeologica’s daily news updates. The musical interludes are original compositions by Anthony Kennedy. The Audio News from Archaeologica is compiled from Archaeologica.org's daily news updates.
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Audio News Special Edition, November 1, 2026
2026/11/02
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Drafted in Eugene after our return from Kiribati
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Audio News Special Edition, October 25, 2026
2026/10/26
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Drafted in Tarawa after our return from Nikumaroro
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Audio News Special Edition, October 18, 2026
2026/10/19
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Drafted on board the ship LC Marin Mainiku on the way back from Nikumaroro
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Audio News Special Edition, October 11, 2026
2026/10/12
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Drafted on board the ship LC Marin Mainiku on the way to Nikumaroro
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Audio News Special Edition, October 4, 2026
2026/10/05
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
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Audio News for September 20th through the 26th, 2026
2026/09/28
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
A lost wall may reveal the location of ancient Paris
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A piece of the world’s oldest peace treaty emerges in Turkey
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wo ancient burials may explain Göbeklitepe’s scattered human bones
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Giant stone circles raise new questions in Argentina’s Andes
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Audio News for September 13th through the 19th, 2026
2026/09/21
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Ancient wall points to early defensive engineering in Morocco
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Dozens of ancient Mexican rock paintings trace a journey to the underworld
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Pre-colonization, Indigenous Australian population may have been as high as 2.2 million
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Researchers try lead-based method that could unlock the Herculaneum scrolls
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Audio News for September 6th through the 12th, 2026
2026/09/14
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
First discovery of an arm bone in China from the mysterious Denisovans
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25,000-year-old betel nut traces indicate oldest habitual use of drugs
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Researchers discover elite pre-Colombian Peruvian funeral platform
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Irish cave art indicates migrants from Wales arrived much earlier than expected
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Audio News for August 30th through September 5th, 2026
2026/09/07
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Carbon dating confirms Indigenous Mexican manuscript predates Spanish conquest
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DNA suggests crops and livestock reached northwestern China without mass migration
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Homeowner discovers Denmark’s largest Viking silver treasure
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Aboriginal artists used giant Rainbow Serpents to reinforce traditions during colonization
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Audio News for August 23rd through the 29th, 2026
2026/08/31
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Hidden Inka roads reveal new side of Machu Picchu
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6,500-year-old ritual center tracked solar and lunar events
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11,000-year-old statue shows human mastering a leopard
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Ancient DNA confirms cacao reached Mississippian people
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Audio News for August 16th through the 22nd, 2026
2026/08/24
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Bone analysis indicates that Ireland’s “Kerry Cow” was actually a bear
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First evidence of Neanderthal presence in Arabian desert
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4,000-year-old Austronesian painting recalls one of history’s greatest migrations
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Mysterious grave good reveals pre-Inca metal processing networks
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Audio News for August 9th through the 15th, 2026
2026/08/17
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Newly discovered papal letter indicates support for Norman Conquest
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Translation of Linear A links Minoan and Greek gods
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Pre-Hispanic Colombians collaboratively built water management systems
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Newly excavated Anatolian Church may be the site for the First Council of Nicaea
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Audio News for August 2nd through the 8th, 2026
2026/08/10
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
New excavations reveal how Moche potters lived and worked at Cerro Mayal
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Sugar may have fueled human brain evolution, not just meat
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Ancient DNA suggests Ice Age people hunted more female mammoths than males
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Scattered bones may point to violence at a Roman villa in Britain
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Audio News for July 26th through August 1st, 2026
2026/08/03
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Ancient Amazon civilization reshapes understanding of rainforest history
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Byzantine shipwreck yields remarkable gold treasure
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Ghost DNA study uncovers unknown human ancestors
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Newly identified Assyrian kings reshape ancient royal history
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Audio News for July 19th through the 25th, 2026
2026/07/27
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Flight missing for 74 years is finally located near Puerto Rico
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Modern archaeological tools revise manner of death for sacrificed Inca children
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Basque Country cave paintings were designed with syntactic structure
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Ash study reveals 25,000 years of continuous use of cave for rituals by Aboriginal group
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Ancient Explorer 2025/10/23
Reader
Please bring back laura Kennedy. The new reader is grating. I love this podcast but can’t listen to the oddly lilting voice
EeeQQQQQu 2025/09/27
Too interesting
I initially downloaded a bunch of these episodes to listen to while falling asleep, thinking it would be relaxing and undramatic. Instead, each bit of...
longtime ride 2025/08/22
Why not five
i've listened to this podcast for almost a decade. The only reason I don't give it five stars is because of the continual emphasis on why archaeology ...
William_Noack 2025/06/10
Excellent
Always learning something fascinating! Thanks to podcasters!
Chey51 2024/10/05
Look forward to archeo news every week
Great information and podcast length. Fascinating stories about current discoveries.
French Popiste 2024/05/19
Fascinating and relaxing
I always enjoy these.
Mel Cavendish 2022/10/19
A little sunshine in my week
I love this podcast because it brightens my week with little bits of sunshine.
Keep up the good work
sunnyc18 2021/06/08
The highlight of my week!
Thank you for a high quality podcast with global and current archeological finds! I’ve been listening faithfully for years, your content and voices ar...
dubhdev 2020/09/01
Excellent...except...
i have been listening to this podcast for years...and i love it. simply love it. it’s a joy every time a new episode drops. makes me wish i had stayed...
Lumi Pallas 2019/10/25
Excellent
I've followed the Archaeologica website for archaeological news for years. This podcast is great!
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