Encore: Ivory Baton, Pliny the Elder and Amelia Earhart - Ep 253

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The Archaeology Podcast Network is taking a break for the holiday season. In the meantime, please enjoy this encore episode. It’s a favorite of ours! Happy holidays!

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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