News & Politics

Archaeology Channel - Audio News from Archaeologica

Rick Pettigrew

The archaeology news of the week in audio, brought to you by The Archaeology Channel, compiled and written by Michelle Hilling of Archaeologica.org and read by Laura Pettigrew. The Audio New...

Episodes

20 of 92 episodes

Audio News Special Edition, October 11, 2026

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Drafted on board the ship LC Marin Mainiku on the way to Nikumaroro ( details )

00:08:05Oct 12, 2026

Audio News Special Edition, October 4, 2026

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Purdue Research Foundation and Archaeological Legacy Institute to embark on expedition to identify...

00:15:41Oct 5, 2026

Audio News for September 20th through the 26th, 2026

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: A lost wall may reveal the location of ancient Paris ( details ) A piece of the world’s oldest pea...

00:12:12Sep 28, 2026

Audio News for September 13th through the 19th, 2026

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Ancient wall points to early defensive engineering in Morocco ( details ) ( details ) Dozens of an...

00:12:47Sep 21, 2026

Audio News for September 6th through the 12th, 2026

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: First discovery of an arm bone in China from the mysterious Denisovans ( details ) ( details ) 25,...

00:14:16Sep 14, 2026

Audio News for August 30th through September 5th, 2026

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Carbon dating confirms Indigenous Mexican manuscript predates Spanish conquest ( details ) ( detai...

00:12:47Sep 7, 2026

Audio News for August 23rd through the 29th, 2026

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Hidden Inka roads reveal new side of Machu Picchu ( details ) ( details ) 6,500-year-old ritual ce...

00:12:26Aug 31, 2026

Audio News for August 16th through the 22nd, 2026

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Bone analysis indicates that Ireland’s “Kerry Cow” was actually a bear ( details ) First evidence...

00:14:02Aug 24, 2026

Audio News for August 9th through the 15th, 2026

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Newly discovered papal letter indicates support for Norman Conquest ( details ) Translation of Lin...

00:14:59Aug 17, 2026

Audio News for August 2nd through the 8th, 2026

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New excavations reveal how Moche potters lived and worked at Cerro Mayal ( details ) Sugar may hav...

00:12:53Aug 10, 2026

Audio News for July 26th through August 1st, 2026

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Ancient Amazon civilization reshapes understanding of rainforest history ( details ) ( details ) B...

00:13:48Aug 3, 2026

Audio News for June 21st through the 27th, 2026

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Possible all-female prehistoric burial deep in a South African cave system ( details ) ( details )...

00:13:14Jun 27, 2026

Audio News for June 14th through the 20th, 2026

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Ancient solar monument predates Stonehenge alignment ( details ) Hunter-gatherer burials reveal ea...

00:12:38Jun 22, 2026

Audio News for June 7th through the 13th, 2026

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Small clay figurine from Guatemala may contain the oldest written numbers in Mesoamerica ( details...

00:13:50Jun 15, 2026

udio News for May 31st through June 6th, 2026

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Humans helped transport Stonehenge’s massive Altar Stone hundreds of kilometers ( details ) ( deta...

00:13:52Jun 8, 2026

Audio News for May 24th through the 30th, 2026

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Forensic archaeologists seek to unmask Namibia’s colonial-led genocide ( details ) Ancient beds in...

00:13:21Jun 1, 2026

Audio News for May 17th through the 23rd, 2026

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Archaeologists investigate the Great Pyramid’s resilient engineering ( details ) ( details ) Prehi...

00:13:12May 25, 2026

Audio News for May 10th through the 16th, 2026

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Study argues horse domestication and riding began earlier than believed ( details ) ( details ) Ne...

00:14:05May 18, 2026

Audio News for May 3rd through the 9th, 2026

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Four new crew member identifications made from Arctic Franklin Expedition ( details ) ( details )...

00:12:48May 11, 2026

Audio News for April 26th through May 2nd, 2026

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Patagonian burial site shows earlier habitation along the Atlantic coast of South America ( detail...

00:12:32May 4, 2026