The oldest synagogue, Civil War soldiers, and Poseidon's Revenge - Ep 231

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We’ve got a news episode this week and three great articles. First up is possibly the world’s oldest synagogue outside of Israel. However, not everyone believes it. Then we’ve got an article about some civil war soldiers that we know a lot more about now. Finally, what happens when you worship a god of the sea and it all goes wrong? The Greek city of Helike has an idea about that from 2,600 years ago.

Links

• Synagogue unearthed in Russia may be one of the oldest outside Israel. But not everyone is convinced :https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/synagogue-unearthed-in-russia-may-be-one-of-the-oldest-outside-israel-but-not-everyone-is-convinced

• Four Bodies Found in Colonial Williamsburg Belonged to Confederate Soldiers: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/remains-found-in-williamsburg-were-confederate-soldiers-archaeologists-say-180982772/

• Cult center was destroyed 2,600 years ago in Greece. Now experts uncover its secrets: https://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/nation-world/world/article278490134.html

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Deconstructing the Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages - Ep 230

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We mention there is a YouTube video of this episode. Well, that was before we tried to edit it. There was a big error that couldn’t be overcome in the processing of the video. So, you don’t get to see Chris’ ugly face and Rachel’s face-for-video…maybe next week!

Lately it seems like every archaeology news article we read references the Stone, Bronze or Iron Age as a hook in the headline. We were curious, where does this come from, and is it valid to continue using it today? Join us for a deep dive on the origins of the Three Part Age system, whether it still holds up, or if it is an idea that just doesn’t apply to our current understanding of the ancient world.

Links

• THE THREE-AGE SYSTEM: WHAT IT IS AND WHY IT MATTERS: https://stoneageman.com/stone-bronze-iron-age/

• The Development of the Three-Age System: https://www.rundetaarn.dk/en/article/the-development-of-the-three-age-system/

• Three-age system (wiki): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-age_system

• Aspects of Archaeology: The Three (and a bit) Age System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cJ7WAvWhYU

• Did the Americas have a Bronze Age? (YouTube): https://youtu.be/HAZsFgAJSJE

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Pompeii Frescos, the Kingdom of David, and a badass female warrior - Ep 229

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We’re back with a news episode! This time we’ve got fast food in Pompeii, someone found the Kingdom of David, again, and an awesome female warrior.

Links

• Pompeii had kitchen shrines, dozens of bakeries, and a 'pizza' fresco: https://www.insider.com/pompeii-kitchen-shrines-bakeries-pizza-fresco-archeology-russo-snake-find-2023-7

• Archaeologist Controversially Claims He's Found The Bible's Kingdom Of David: https://www.iflscience.com/archaeologist-controversially-claims-hes-found-the-bibles-kingdom-of-david-69800

• Archaeologists May Have Found The Lost Biblical City Of King David: https://www.iflscience.com/archaeologists-may-have-found-the-lost-biblical-city-of-king-david-47478

• Read the original journal article here: https://jjar.huji.ac.il/sites/default/files/jjar/files/jjar4_art-04_garfinkel_2023-05-23_01.pdf

• 2,000-year-old grave probably belonged to a female warrior, study says: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/27/iron-age-grave-england-scilly-isles/

• Sex identification of a Late Iron Age sword and mirror cist burial from Hillside Farm, Bryher, Isles of Scilly, England: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X23002742

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Using Artificial Intelligence to Translate Ancient Text and Find New Sites - Ep 228

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We’re playing an episode of the ArchaeoTech podcast for you on today’s episode. However, it was one that Chris and Rachel took over to do some tech-related news stories. We talk about artificial intelligence and how it’s being used to translate ancient text and find new sites.

Links

• Segment 1

  • AI identifies 3 more 'Nazca Lines' figures in Peru

  • Accelerating the discovery of new Nasca geoglyphs using deep learning

• Segment 2

  • Researchers Use AI to Read Ancient Mesopotamian Texts

  • Translating Akkadian to English with neural machine translation 

• Segment 3

  • A human–AI collaboration workflow for archaeological sites detection

  • AI spots Mesopotamian archaeological sites in satellite images

  • ARCHAEOLOGISTS USE AI TO IDENTIFY NEW ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN MESOPOTAMIA

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A Teen with a Bracelet, Ancient Brazilians, and an Awful story about a Slave Ship - Ep 227

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For some reason we have a Brazilian-themed show today…we start with the recovered skeletal remains of a teenager with a debilitating disease with an intricate bead bracelet. Then we look at an impossibly old site with jewelry made by very ancient Brazilians. Finally, we look at the discovery of a ship scuttled by a truly terrible person during the slave trade years.

Links

Segment 1:

• Skeleton of Disabled Teen With Bracelet Puzzles Archaeologists: https://www.newsweek.com/skeleton-disabled-teen-bracelet-puzzles-archaeologists-1813779

• FROM SEED TO BEAD – HOW OUR YAWA #TOGETHER COLLECTION IS MADE: https://togetherband.org/blogs/news/yawa-band

  Segment 2

• Early Humans Survived an American Ice Age, Archaeologists Say: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/early-humans-survived-an-american-ice-age-archaeologists-say

• Evidence of artefacts made of giant sloth bones in central Brazil around the last glacial maximum; Proceedings of the Royal Society B: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0316

  Segment 3:

• Archaeologists Discover Wreckage of Notorious Slave Ship Off Brazil: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archaeologists-discover-wreckage-of-notorious-slave-ship-off-brazil-1234674088/

• US Ship Wreckage Carrying 500 Slaves Discovered by Archaeologists
  https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/44833/20230712/us-ship-wreckage-carrying-500-slaves-discovered-by-archaeologists.htm

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