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The archaeology news of the week in audio, brought to you by The Archaeology Channel, is compiled and written by Michelle Hilling of Audio News from Archaeologica and read by Laura Kelley. The audio news is compiled from Archaeologica's daily news updates.

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News for Week of 31 January - 6 February 2010
Posted: February 2010

News items read by Laura Kelley include:

• DNA from burials show westerners in ancient Mongolia (details)
• Vanished people's dwellings found in northern Mexican caves (details)
• With last speaker's death another ancient island language is extinct (details)
• Roman era church remains found below later Spanish version (details)

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News for Week of 24-30 January 2010
Posted: February 2010

News items read by Laura Kelley include:

• Bamboo Books Discovered in China (details)
• Peruvian shaman found with aphrodisiacs (details)
• Gregorian law code pieced together in London (details)
• Giant head casts light on Mayan architecture (details)

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News for Week of 17-23 January 2010
Posted: January 2010

News items read by Laura Kelley include:

• Remains found in German cathedral may be legendary early English princess (details)
• Egyptian temple to Bastet is also earliest palace evidence in Alexandria (details)
• Data curation work provides recovery for the past, and a future for US veterans (details)
• Cuban petroglyphs show early use of lush mountain area (details)

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News for Week of 10-16 January 2010
Posted: January 2010

News items read by Laura Kelley include:

• Alexander the Great wore linen armor (details)
• Mayan monument depicts victorious ruler (details)
• Free men built Egyptian pyramids (details)
• Indonesian temple reveals Hindu past (details)

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News for Week of 3-9 January 2010
Posted: January 2010

News items read by Laura Kelley include:

• Massive statue in Nubia documents dynasty of southern Pharoahs (details)
• Bits of bronze mirror reflect power of early Japanese kings (details)
• Iraqi desert site dates to Sumerian times (details)
• Protection deal signed on Utah canyon rock art (details)

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News for Week of 27 December 2009 - 2 January 2010
Posted: January 2010

News items read by Laura Kelley include:

• Chinese Generals Tomb Located (details)
• Hieroglyphs detail life of Mayan high priest (details)
• Ancient monument found on English moors (details)
• Tiny beads reveal Scandinavian forges (details)

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News for Week of 13-19 December 2009
Posted: December 2009

News items read by Laura Kelley include:

• Amazon deforestation reveals ancient civilization (details)
• Cleopatras Pylon emerges from Alexandrias harbor (details)
• BronzeAge mourners buried flowers (details)
• New evidence shows prehistoric Africans ate wild sorghum (details)

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News for Week of 6-12 December 2009
Posted: December 2009

News items read by Laura Kelley include:

• Isotope studies show first king of Copán was foreign (details)
• Ancient Pacific cemetery yields insight on life, health and death (details)
• Maize came north through diffusion, not migration, new study concludes (details)
• Israeli excavations confirm historical rule of the Negev (details)

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News for Week of 29 November - 5 December 2009
Posted: December 2009

News items read by Laura Kelley include:

• Submerged city discovered off Libyan coast (details)
• Vikings may have recycled iron in England (details)
• Stressed-out lives nothing new (details)
• Chinese bronze dates back 3700 years (details)

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News for Week of 22-28 November 2009
Posted: December 2009

News items read by Laura Kelley include:

• Paleoindian point excites interest in Ontario (details)
• Akkadian seal in Egypt is mark of foreign invasion (details)
• New tombs may be missing link between early Peruvian cultures (details)
• Serving girl reconstructed from ancient Korean tomb (details)

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News for Week of 15-21 November 2009
Posted: November 2009

News items read by Laura Kelley include:

• Greek temples tended to face the dawn(details)
• Humans used Cascade Range nearly 10,000 years ago (details)
• Mesolithic blades excavated in England(details)
• Three preColumbian tombs found in Costa Rica(details)

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News for Week of 8-14 November 2009
Posted: November 2009

News items read by Laura Kelley include:

• BNew Mayan mural shows rare glimpse of common peoples life (details)
• Early Japanese building raises new debate over location of ancient kingdom (details)
• Newly found Tennessee fort was a stop on the Trail of Tears (details)
• Canaanite palace mural shows Minoan connections (details)

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News for Week of 1-7 November 2009
Posted: November 2009

News items read by Laura Kelley include:

• Beads may document de Sotos exploration of southeast (details)
• Crusader builder supply was stockpile of recycled marble (details)
• Medieval ship remains found in Swedish lake (details)
• Young man is newest Moche noble burial (details)

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News for Week of 25-31 October 2009
Posted: November 2009

News items read by Laura Kelley include:

• Steppe bison may offer clue to early American migration (details)
• Stone Age wooden artifacts found in Sweden (details)
• West Indian site may rewrite history (details)
• Beer bottle used as 17th century talisman (details)

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News for Week of 18-24 October 2009
Posted: October 2009

News items read by Laura Kelley include:

• Seventeen wooden statues discovered in Peru (details)
• Alexandria settled before Alexander the Great (details)
• Bronze Age skeletons found under German railway line (details)
• Hadrian's "liberal arts school" discovered near the Roman Forum (details)