Cemeteries, Mummies, and Hercules! - Ep 248

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This week we have 3 fascinating archaeology news stories! First a children’s cemetery has been discovered in Turkey. Then, new research shows an Egyptian mummy was actually pregnant with twins when she died in childbirth. And finally, a new study shows that a 180 ft chalk carving in an English hillside is likely Hercules.

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• A cemetery belonging to 54 children was found during the excavation in the old quarry in Diyarbakır, Türkiye (ArkeoNews)

• Ancient Egyptian teenager died while giving birth to twins, mummy reveals (Live Science)

• Archaeologists have made a shocking discovery after a re-examination of a mummified teen mom who died in childbirth (ArkeoNews)

• Twins found in a Late Dynastic/Coptic Egyptian mummy (Open Access Paper)

• 180-foot early medieval carving of naked bald man with club is probably Hercules, new study suggests (Live Science)

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Archaeology Drama! - Ep 218

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We saved the drama for, well, YOU this time! We start with an archaeologist that’s trying to build somewhat of an archaeology theme park in Guatemala and the local community isn’t having it. Then we go to Netflix’s latest blunder regarding a show about Cleopatra. Finally, if you find something in England with your metal detector you’d better report it or suffer the consequences.

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• U.S. Archeologist Seeks to Privatize Maya Historic Sites in the Name of Conservation

• What was behind the protest against an archaeologist at last week’s L.A. Times Book Festival

• Protesters disrupt talk by archaeologist Richard Hansen at L.A. Times Festival of Books

• Cleopatra wasn't a Black woman, Egypt tells Netflix in a feud over new drama-documentary

• Was Cleopatra a Black African Queen?

• Tea Break Episode with the Vintage Egyptologist

• Metal detectorists face years in jail for £766K Anglo Saxon coin plot

• Two men convicted of conspiring to sell 9th century Anglo-Saxon coins

• These Ninth-Century Coins Change Our Understanding of Alfred the Great

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Mayan Ballgame, Mummy Tags and a Hopewell Site - Ep 214

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This week we cover three recent archaeology news stories. First up is a ball game carving found at Chichen Itza in Mexico. Then we head over to Egypt where mummy tags are used to reconstruct the ancient climate. And finally bridge construction in Ohio has prompted the excavation of a Hopewell Hamlet.

Links

• Intact Ball Game Carving Discovered at Chichen Itza

• Play Ball! - About the game

• Reviving a 3,000-year-old Ancient Ballgame - YouTube

• An Ancient Ballgame Makes A Comeback In Mexico - NPR

• Facebook page for the modern Ulama league in Mexico

• Mummies provide the key to reconstruct the climate of the ancient Mediterranean

• Mummy Labels: A Witness to the Use and Processing of Wood in Roman Egypt

• Archaeologists discover 2,000-year-old dwelling site of Hopewell Native Americans in Ohio

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Miami Update, a 35,000 yo Face, and 17th Century Golden Dental Work - Ep 213

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On this news show we start with an update on the excavations and controversy surrounding the development of a new set of luxury high-rises in downtown Miami. We then see what the face of a 35,000 year old man from Egypt looks like. Finally, would it hurt to have gold wires woven in and around your teeth to keep them in place? A 17th-century Frenchwoman likely had some opinions about it.

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• Battle Over Miami Development Site Where Ancient Artifacts Were Discovered

• The Tequesta of Biscayne Bay

• Desert Kites, Miami Pre-History, and Illicit Antiquities - Ep 165

• A New Maya Kingdom, What's an Anchoress? And paving over Miami's history - Ep 205

• Scientists Reveal the Real Face of a 35,000-Year-Old Egyptian Man

• Source Article: The Facial Approximation of the Skull of Nazlet Khater 2

• 17th-century Frenchwoman’s gold dental work was likely torturous to her teeth

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Ram Skulls, Cavemen wielding clubs?, and Paleothermometry - Ep 212

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This week we have 3 archaeology news stories! First up, 2,000 ram skulls have been discovered in Egypt’s temple of Ramses II. Then we cover the rent Sapiens article about whether prehistoric humans actually carried and used clubs. Then finally, a new technology is used to create a surprising climate profile at Paleolithic sites in Alaska.

Links

• Over 2,000 ram skulls discovered in Egypt's temple of Ramses II, a new mystery for archaeologists - CBS News

• Club-Wielding Ancestors: Myth or Reality? - Sapiens

• The Use of Wooden Clubs and Throwing Sticks among Recent Foragers - Springer

• New investigations at Kalambo Falls, Zambia: Luminescence chronology, site formation, and archaeological significance - Journal of Human Evolution

• Understanding blunt force trauma and violence in Neolithic Europe: the first experiments using a skin-skull-brain model and the Thames Beater - Antiquity

• A reconstruction of prehistoric temperatures for some of the oldest archaeological sites in North America

• BrGDGT temperature reconstruction from interior Alaska: Assessing 14,000 years of deglacial to Holocene temperature variability and potential effects on early human settlement

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