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Ancient Boardgames, a Roman Market in the UK, ¡y mas edificios en Machu Pichu! - Ep 156 Jan 30, 2022

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This week we discuss a 4,000 year old board game that was discovered in Oman. Then in segment two, we head over to the UK where a Roman market town has been excavated in advance of the HS2 railway construction. And finally, LIDAR has uncovered more structures in association with Machu Picchu.

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Wooden Romans, Arabian Highways, and History on the Seashore - Ep 155 Jan 23, 2022

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We’ve got some interesting articles from the news media to discuss today. We start with a massive dig in the UK that’s been going on since 2018. The HS2 Rail Project has unearthed thousands of artifacts. This time, we’re talking about a carved wooden Roman figure with amazing preservation. Then we go to Arabia to learn about ancient highways. Finally, we see what can be found on the Cape Cod National Seashore.

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Sutton Hoo "Ghost Ship" and The Dig (111) - Ep 154 Jan 16, 2022

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This week, the hosts are a little under the weather so we pulled a favorite from the archives for today’s episode. We hope you enjoy!

With the recent release of The Dig, a Netflix film focused on the excavation of an incredible burial ship at Sutton Hoo, we decided it was the perfect opportunity to take a closer look at this site! Sutton Hoo is extremely important and interesting for many reasons and we dive into those as well as review the movie. Did we like it? Join us and find out!

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The Sumerian Site of Lagash with Paul Zimmerman - Ep 153 Jan 09, 2022

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Dr. Paul Zimmerman, also a host of the ArchaeoTech Podcast, is working with a team that's investigating the ancient city of Lagash in Iraq. We talk about the history of Lagash and it's place in the chronology of the area. We also talk about what the team hopes to find and what questions they hope to answer in the coming field seasons. For a more technical discussion of what Dr. Zimmerman is doing at Lagash check out the ArchaeoTech episode below.

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Serpent Imagery in Rock Art with Dr. Alan Garfinkel - Ep 152 Jan 02, 2022

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This is a special presentation from the Rock Art Podcast. On this episode Dr. Alan Garfinkel tells us about snake and serpent imagery in rock art. What does it look like and what could it mean?

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Shipwrecks, a rediscovered cemetery and Neanderthals - Ep 151 Dec 26, 2021

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This week we have 3 interesting archaeology news stories. First, researchers have discovered 2 well preserved shipwrecks off the coast of Ceasarea that are from two different time periods, but very close together on the sea floor. Second, a forgotten African American cemetery has been re-discovered under a parking lot and building in Clearwater Florida. And finally, new research shows that Neanderthals may have had a bigger impact on the Pleistocene landscape than we previously thought.

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Spectacular Artifacts Found in Two Ancient Shipwrecks
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'Thank God you found me': Florida officials unearth a fourth forgotten Black cemetery
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Landscape modification by Last Interglacial Neanderthals

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Muons and the Terracotta Army, Mesolithic Baby burial and Pseudoscience in Jordan - Ep 150 Dec 19, 2021

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This week we discuss three very different archaeological news stories! First, archaeologists in China plan to use Muons to “see” inside the unopened and presumably un-looted tomb of China’s first Emperor Qin Shi Huang. His tomb is protected by the famed Terracotta Army, but has remained unopened due to preservation concerns. The second article is about a European Mesolithic baby burial, and the great care with which she was buried. Finally, we head over to Jordan to learn about recent research that was twisted to “prove” the story of the city of Sodom in the Bible, and how this is dangerous pseudoscience that damages the archaeology of the area.

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Textiles in the News - Ep 149 Dec 12, 2021

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In segment 1 we discuss a recent article about 25 burials found at the Chan Chan archaeological site in Peru, and the textile objects they were buried with. Segment 2 is all about new evidence for the type of material used to weave cloth at Çatalhöyük, 8000-9000 years ago. And finally, archaeological evidence in Britain shows how Neolithic weavers joined bast fibers using a splicing technique that has been developed at many times and in many places around the world.

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Under Jerusalem with Andrew Lawler - Ep 148 Dec 05, 2021

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Andrew Lawler is a journalist and an author with an interest in history and archaeology. In his latest book he looks at the history of excavations in Jerusalem. Andrew starts at the beginning in the 1800s and looks at many of the characters and excavations that have helped define the city.

Andrew Lawler is author of the newly released Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World's Most Contested City. A long-time journalist, he has written about archaeology for more than two decades for a host of magazines. His most recent piece was the cover story for the November National Geographic on the 100 greatest archaeological discoveries.

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Archaeological Hoaxes Round-Up! - Ep 147 Nov 28, 2021

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Sometimes modern humans just can’t resist the urge to falsify archaeological evidence - we don’t always know why, but sometimes it may be to support their own theory of history, or sometimes just for a joke. In this episode we explore 3 archaeological hoaxes, who the perpetrators were (if known) and why they did it.

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