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Where did the Nazca Lines come from? Who built Stonehenge, and what secrets lie concealed within Egypt's pyramids? To find out, join the Naked Archaeologists as they undress the past...
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Technology - Iron, Glass and Slag from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Archaeology bared this month includes the 'long sleep' of human innovation, a technological accomplishment in the form of a 2000 year-old millefiori bowl and we explore the origins of iron metallur...
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tzi, American migrations and animal bones from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The mitochondrial story of tzi, or the Tyrolean iceman, is unearthed in this month's Naked Archaeology. Also, how the Americas were populated and the study of zooarchaeology are under the trench-o-...
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Landscapes: Drainage, Plants and Palaces from 2011-10-17T00:00
We're back! And this month we start by taking a tour of the terribly glamorous ditches in East Anglia. Yes, the whole landscape is one giant piece of drainage archaeology! Plus, we talk about a Rom...
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Annual Round-Up of Archaeology from 2011-07-15T00:00
This month we return to some of the moist enjoyable archaeological interviews recorded this year. There's everything from alien donkeys, to Pompeiian poo, speared boxes and not-so-recent neandert...
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Bayesian Prehistory, Surface Metals and Sea Defenses from 2011-06-17T00:00
This month: how a neat piece of statistical analysis has led to the construction of a prehistoric history; how satellites have revealed some hidden Egyptian pyramids; how autism could have been s...
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Detailed Science of Dating, Data and Ceramics from 2011-05-17T00:00
This month: the most recent Neanderthals in the Caucasus, the science of ceramic petrology, the truth about 'The Anthropocene' and Syrian hunting traps. Plus, in Backyard Archaeology we explore the...
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Dam Busting, Ancient Archaeologists and Iron Age Fort Raids from 2011-04-17T00:00
Researchers re-create the experiments carried out by Barnes Wallis on the bouncing bomb; we discuss the Texan pre-Clovis finds; the Nichoria bone earns its place at multiple points in history and w...
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Warrior Art, Fire and Throwing Spears from 2011-03-17T00:00
This month: Aegean warriors in art; the most genetically diverse people in the world; prehistoric Californian seafarers; Neanderthals building fires; and atlatls! Like this podcast? Please help us ...
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Egyptian Looting, Behavioural Variability and Pollen from 2011-02-17T00:00
This month: current events in Egypt affecting ancient artefacts; Britons fashioning cups from skulls; games played in the Indus; and when humans behaved like humans. Plus, in Backyard Archaeology T...
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First Farmer DNA, Crystals and Chessmen from 2011-01-17T00:00
This month's divested archaeology consists of the mitochondrial DNA of Europe's first farmers; how to identify plaster using infrared light; who the Denisovans were; what to expect from twelfth cen...
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Roman bodies, site survival and collapse from 2010-11-17T00:00
This month: why a Roman horse became a donkey; how part of Pompeii recently collapsed; how a Roman village survived underneath London; and what obesity meant to the Romans. Plus, in Backyard Archae...
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Hard-to-Reach Heritage: Israel and Peru from 2010-10-17T00:00
We make our way to some of the least accessible bits of heritage this month: Naked Scientist Laura Soul treks to Machu Picchu and we hear about the fenced-off Palestinian heritage in Israel. Also t...
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Maya burial and abandonment from 2010-09-17T00:00
This month we explore the dramatic burial of an El Zotz Maya king; he was seemingly interred with the remains of six sacrificed children. Also under the spotlight is the abandoment of the site if K...
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Roman food: before and after from 2010-08-17T00:00
What did the Romans eat at their feasts? What came out the other end afterwards? This month we explore the toilets of Pompeii and the kinds of food eaten by its inhabitants. In the news this month:...
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Human remains and genetic legacies from 2010-07-17T00:00
Human remains are our main topic of interest in this month's Naked Archaeology. Diana and Duncan explore the nature of Bronze Age cremations, the repatriation of Yagan's head and how one might go a...
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Southeast Asia: Hobbits and Niah Caves from 2010-06-17T00:00
The diminutive, one-time inhabitants of Flores are probably the most famous early humans from this area of the world but where does H. floresiensis fit into our family tree? We discuss the gladiato...
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Australian Archaeology and Rabbit Warrens from 2010-05-17T00:00
This month on Naked Archaeology: when and how did the first humans make it to Australia? We unearth the evidence from archaeology and genetics. Also this month we discover that Neanderthals could b...
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Changing sea levels and thin sections from 2010-04-17T00:00
This month on Naked Archaeology: the discovery of a possible link between genus Homo and Australopithecus - Aus. sediba; we find out how people first made it to Cyprus; which is the oldest buildin...
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First cities and first writing: Mesopotamia from 2010-03-17T00:00
How is it that the first farms, cities and writing all originated in Mesopotamia, now Iraq? We explore the so-called 'fertile crescent' and fanatical record-keeping in the ancient Near East. We fin...
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Illicit Antiquities: Repatriation and Curating from 2010-02-17T00:00
This month we divest the darker world of black market archaeology. We find out how illicit antiquities can be tracked down after being lost for decades and how they can be returned to their country...
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Make-up, Cleopatra and Temples from 2010-01-17T00:00
Neanderthals wore make-up too! We explore the cosmetics worn by early humans and Egyptians. Naked Archaeology this month also explores the discovery of Cleopatra's unfinished mausoleum and the curi...
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Troy, Ithaca and Iceland from 2009-12-17T00:00
This month in divested archaeology we cover the archaeology that just happened to turn up in the legends of Homer. We find out about the man who discovered Troy, Heinrich Schliemann, and uncover th...
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Mary Rose, Underwater Landscapes and Metal Hunting from 2009-11-17T22:12:21
This month's edition of Naked Archaeology hails from Poseidon's Realm: we find out how synchrotrons can help in the preservation of the famous raised wreck, the Mary Rose and how diving diggers inv...
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Nero, Hoards and Aberdeen Ships from 2009-10-17T00:00
This month has seen an archaeological spoil heap the size of Nero's party leftovers. And it's been quite a month for Roman archaeologists who've just announced the positive identification of a very...
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Hadrian's Timber Wall, Shell Beads and Brucellosis from 2009-09-17T00:00
We find out how the Romans got to grips with building a 73.5 mile-long wall, why humans were bejewelled 82,000 years ago and how a disease called brucellosis indicates our ancestors were eating mea...
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Lost Legends: Altinum, Herod's Tomb and the HMS Diana from 2009-08-17T17:44:19
Sometimes archaeologists know there's a site worth digging but don't quite know where to find it! We join the search for the original city of Venice, otherwise known as Altinum, the tomb of King He...
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Hunting, Submerged Traps and Flutes from 2009-07-17T00:00
We dive into the underwater traps at Lake Huron, explore the origins of hunting and play a tune on the world's oldest flute. Plus, in Backyard Archaeology Tom explores the depths of UCL's museum. F...
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Naked Special: 800th Anniversary Dig from 2009-06-22T00:00
2009 is The University of Cambridge's 800th birthday and what better way to celebrate than by digging an archaeological trench? We take a trip to the local Cambridgeshire village of Cottenham where...
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Dating, Pottery and Norway from 2009-06-17T00:00
We strip down the science of dating this month by taking a look at rehydroxylation. We unearth some of the oldest pottery in the world, find out why Minoan pottery was so fashion-conscious and disc...
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The Mediterranean and the Romans from 2009-04-17T21:50:47
This month we explore the mysterious anchors buried off the shores of Cyprus, the unusual burial practices in Malta and the highly decorative shipsheds of the Romans. Plus, in Backyard Archaeology ...
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Horses, battleships and pillboxes from 2009-03-17T14:18:53
This month we explore the archaeology of war. We explore the earliest-known domestication of horses, find out about an armed Elizabethan privateer ship and rediscover the egyptian tomb of Thutmoses...
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Battles, Chocolate and Brothels from 2009-02-17T00:00
The sins of the past are uncovered in this month's Naked Archaeology, including chemical warfare; consuming desires for chocolate and finding the hidden Greek brothels. We also explore how one of t...
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Oetzi, American migrations and animal bones from 2009-01-17T00:00
The mitochondrial story of tzi, or the Tyrolean iceman, is unearthed in this month's Naked Archaeology. Also, how the Americas were populated and the study of zooarchaeology are under the trench-o-...
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TB, Underwater Archaeology and the Shaman from 2008-12-17T00:00
The tale of TB's earliest victims, the science of archaeology underwater and the first shamanic burial all go under the trowel in this month's Naked Archaeology. We also uncover where all the dirt ...
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Egyptian Mummified Foetuses, the First Crops and Solomon's Mines from 2008-11-17T00:00
Mummified foetuses found in Tutankhamun's tomb go under the genetic spotlight to find out who they were and where they came from, we dig up the history of the domestication of the first crops, and ...
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The Vanishing Nasca, Repairing Pompeii and Peruvian Water-works from 2008-10-17T00:00
Why cutting down a precious tree species brought the Nasca people to their knees, how Pompeii is receiving a makeover, a new source of Neanderthal flints unlocks the secrets of early inhabitants of...
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