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Back to EpisodesEncore: Ivory Baton, Pliny the Elder and Amelia Earhart - TAS 253
Published 1 year, 5 months ago
Description
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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