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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.


News for Week of 8-14 August 2010
Posted: August 2010

News items read by Laura Kelley include:
  • Northwest Montana bison jump offers new look at Blackfeet history (details)
  • Earliest Phoenician outpost may lie in Libya (details)
  • People of ancient Mexican city turned bones of their relatives into tools (details)
  • Stone Age house at Star Carr is Britains earliest (details)


An audio podcast in MP3 format.


News for Week of 25-31 July 2010
Posted: August 2010

News items read by Laura Kelley include:
  • Secret Tunnels Opened in Iran (details)
  • Jewish law code parallels Code of Hammurabi (details)
  • Famous British shipwreck located in Canadian Arctic (details)
  • Ceremonial vessels found at Machu Picchu (details)


An audio podcast in MP3 format.


News for Week of 18-24 July 2010
Posted: August 2010

News items read by Laura Kelley include:
  • Technology reveals Stonehenge has twin made of timber (details)
  • Reconstruction of ancient Mexican woman complicates picture of New World origins (details)
  • Bulgarian citadel was center of resistance against conquest by ancient Greece (details)
  • Hohokam project examines how sustainable manufacturing thrived without social inequality (details)


An audio podcast in MP3 format.


News for Week of 11-17 July 2010
Posted: August 2010

News items read by Laura Kelley include:
  • Wellpreserved Mayan Kings burial opened (details)
  • Oldest written document in Jerusalem unearthed (details)
  • Roman trade route staging post located in Tuscany (details)
  • 18th Century Ship found at Ground Zero (details)


An audio podcast in MP3 format.


News for Week of 4-10 July 2010
Posted: July 2010

News items read by Laura Kelley include:
  • Stone tools push back earliest occupation of Britain to nearly one million years (details)
  • Washingtons dining hall found in Valley Forge (details)
  • Danish castle remains marks home of medieval boy king (details)
  • Miniature ivory mask is from pre-Eskimo culture (details)


An audio podcast in MP3 format.


News for Week of 27 June - 3 July 2010
Posted: July 2010

News items read by Laura Kelley include:
  • Ice melt reveals 10,000 year old weapon (details)
  • Tunnel in Pharaohs tomb dead ends (details)
  • Evidence of copper smelting extends back 7000 years (details)
  • War chariot piece suggests biblical identification of ancient city in Israel (details)


An audio podcast in MP3 format.


News for Week of 20-26 June 2010
Posted: June 2010

News items read by Laura Kelley include:
  • Catacombs art may be original depictions of apostles (details)
  • Early Canadian burial documents antiquity of migratory northern lifeway (details)
  • Sunken ship in Lake Michigan is intact 112 years after its loss (details)
  • Long lost halls of Denmarks most famous king are found (details)


An audio podcast in MP3 format.


News for Week of 7-12 June 2010
Posted: June 2010

News items read by Laura Kelley include:
  • Armenian cave produces world's oldest leather shoe (details)
  • Early beekeeping in Israel shows ties with Turkey (details)
  • Roman burials in Britain appear to be gladiators (details)
  • Massachusetts teacher finds Revolutionary era document (details)


An audio podcast in MP3 format.


News for Week of 30 May - 6 June 2010
Posted: June 2010

News items read by Laura Kelley include:
  • Stone Age Ochre Production Site Unearthed in South Africa (details)
  • Tomb of 19th Dynasty Egyptian general rediscovered after 125 years (details)
  • Jamestown residents survived drought by eating oysters (details)
  • Sticky rice used to create super strong mortar (details)


An audio podcast in MP3 format.


News for Week of 23-29 May 2010
Posted: June 2010

News items read by Laura Kelley include:
  • Roots of Egypt revealed in rich rock art of Saharan desert caves (details)
  • Early food cooling system found in Chinese palace (details)
  • Mayan rubber making shows very modern knowledge of its chemistry (details)
  • Etruscan home is best ever found (details)


An audio podcast in MP3 format.


News for Week of 16-22 May 2010
Posted: May 2010

News items read by Laura Kelley include:
  • Mexican burials date back nearly 3000 years (details)
  • Four rare clay coffins found in Cyprus (details)
  • Peruvian pyramid home to the living, not burial site for the dead (details)
  • Ancient Egyptian women may have had active cottage industry (details)


An audio podcast in MP3 format.


News for Week of 9- 15 May 2010
Posted: May 2010

News items read by Laura Kelley include:
  • New 3 dimensional map of Robin Hoods old stomping grounds(details)
  • Re thinking the mysteries of Easter Island(details)
  • Important new finds from the heart of Mesoamerica(details)
  • Ancient aqueduct re discovered in Jerusalem(details)


An audio podcast in MP3 format.

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