Art! - Ep 261

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This week we have 3 news stories about art in the ancient world. First up, 10 years of excavating a synagogue in Israel has revealed stunning floor mosaics. Then, we head to everyone’s favorited ancient city, Pompeii, where spectacular frescos were uncovered in a residence. And finally, rock carvings in Peru may depict people singing or dancing while hallucinating.

Links

• Surprising Scenes in Stone

• Pompeii: Breathtaking new paintings found at ancient city (BBC)

• Archaeologists Reveal Rock Art May Depict People Singing While High (Newsweek)

• Dances with Zigzags in Toro Muerto, Peru: Geometric Petroglyphs as (Possible) Embodiments of Songs

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Roman Wine, Microplastics, and a Lynx Burial - Ep 259

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This week we have three fascinating Archaeology news stories! First up, Archaeologists have determined what Roman wine tastes like. Then, a new study looks at the impact of micro plastic contamination on archaeological sites. And finally a unique lynx burial puzzles, well, everyone!

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Segment 1

• Archaeologists Have Determined What Ancient Roman Wine Tasted Like

• Making wine in earthenware vessels: a comparative approach to Roman vinification

Segment 2

• Microplastics Are Contaminating Ancient Archaeological Sites

• The contamination of in situ archaeological remains: A pilot analysis of microplastics in sediment samples using μFTIR

Segment 3

• 1,500-year-old burial of lynx with 4 dogs stacked on it puzzles archaeologists

• A fifth- to sixth-century CE lynx (Lynx lynx L., 1758) skeleton from Hungary 2: Stature and archaeological interpretations

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Curse Tablets, Ice Skates and the Archaeology of Childhood - Ep 258

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This week we have 3 interesting archaeology news stories. First up, “curse tablets” were found at a Roman villa in the UK. Then, a 1,000 year old bone ice skate was found at a site in the Czech Republic. And finally, we have a discussion about the length of childhood in humans, and how it evolved to be that way and the somewhat overlooked archaeology of childhood.

Links

• Mysterious ‘curse tablets’ and ‘sophisticated’ paintings found at ancient Roman site

• Archaeologists Unearth 1,000-Year-Old Ice Skate Made of Animal Bone in Czech Republic

• Grow Slow: Human childhood is uniquely protracted. How did it evolve to be that way and why? - New Scientist Feature

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Ivory Baton, Pliny the Elder and Amelia Earhart - TAS 253

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This week we have 3 fascinating archaeology news stories. First, experimental research has helped researchers determine the function of an ivory baton. Then, we take a look at a newly discovered Roman villa that may have belonged to Pliny the Elder. Finally, Amelia Earhart is back in the news with some new and potentially controversial findings!

Links

• Experiments suggest ancient four-holed ivory baton was used to make rope (Phys.org)

• Rope making in the Aurignacian of Central Europe more than 35,000 years ago (Science Advances)

• 1st-century villa discovered near Mount Vesuvius may be where Pliny the Elder watched catastrophic eruption

• Amelia Earhart's plane may have crashed in the heart of the Pacific Ocean, explorer claims (Live Science)

• The Earhart Project in a Nutshell

• Scientists discover new possible clue in Amelia Earhart mystery

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Delicious Mummies?! - Ep 233

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his week we have 3 interesting archaeology news stories. First, we take a look at an article about Roman structure in the Swiss Alps. Then we head to Egypt where researchers are performing chemical analysis on the residue on the jars that held a mummy’s organs. And finally we look at an article about a site in in Peru where the remains of a possible religious cult leader have been uncovered.

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• Ruins of 2,000-Year-Old Roman Walls Unearthed in Swiss Alps: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/2000-year-old-roman-buildings-found-in-switzerland-180982827/

• Ancient Egyptian mummy balm probably smelled delicious: https://www.popsci.com/science/mummy-balm-ingredients/

• 3,000-year-old tomb opened in Peru, possible cult leader unearthed: https://www.businessinsider.com/ancient-tomb-opened-pacopampa-peru-possible-religious-cult-leader-unearthed-2023-9

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