Ancient Boardgames, a Roman Market in the UK, ¡y mas edificios en Machu Pichu! - Ep 156

This week we discuss a 4,000 year old board game that was discovered in Oman. Then in segment two, we head over to the UK where a Roman market town has been excavated in advance of the HS2 railway construction. And finally, LIDAR has uncovered more structures in association with Machu Picchu.

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Links

• Archaeologists Unearth 4,000-Year-Old Stone Board Game in Oman (Smithsonian Magazine)

• 4,000-year-old stone game board discovered (Oman Daily Observer)

• Qumayrah Valley in Oman: new discoveries of ancient towers, copper trade and games (Press release from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw)

• HS2 dig uncovers the Roman market town that vanished (The Times)

• High-speed rail construction reveals Roman town in the UK (ars technica)

• Ancient and hidden, Machu Picchu's complexity uncovered by archaeologists (NBC News)

• Inca water channel flow analysis based on 3D models from terrestrial and UAV laser scanning at the Chachabamba archaeological site (Machu Picchu National Archaeological Park, Peru) (Journal of Archaeological Science)

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What's in the News: CNN, Egypt, Peru, and Beer - Ep 108

This podcast was mentioned in a CNN article! Check out the link below. On this news episode we also talk about a 3000 year old city of the dead in Egypt, the takeover of the oldest city in the Americas in Peru, and how to identify historical beer cans.

Links

• CNN: 'The Dig' and five other culture recommendations if you love ancient discoveries

• Ancient coffins, burial sites and a funeral temple discovered in Saqqara necropolis will 'rewrite history'

• https://www.livescience.com/queen-temple-book-of-dead-found-egypt.html

• The Oldest City in The Americas Is an Archeological Wonder, And It's Under Invasion

• Wikipedia: Caral

• An Archeologist’s Guide to Beer Cans

• Rodster Adventures

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