That's Old News

By Laurie & Ben

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It's the latest news on the oldest stories. Join three (slightly clueless) fans of history and archaeology for a comical take on the latest news about the past from historical, archaeological and scientific research.

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Episode Date
An ancient egg that’s no yoke, roman flatpack furniture and Stone Age inventions in China
Jun 02, 2024
Where blue eyes come from? What makes a UNESCO world heritage site? and 170,000 year old giant snails.
Jul 03, 2023
A 3000 year old failed drug test, what makes a Denisovan and an extinct mammoth meatball
May 17, 2023
A 6,000 Year Old Salt Factory, Sheepish Medieval Fraudsters and What Computers Can Teach Us About Rock Art
Apr 05, 2021
What Are The Dead Sea Scrolls? The life of a Mayan Ambassador and Introducing The Plain of Jars
Mar 23, 2021
Neanderthal Speech, A 2,000 Year Old Computer and A WW2 Airman Laid to Rest
Mar 15, 2021
The Oldest Dog in America, A 17,000 Year Old Sound, And How Much Did Ancient Egyptians Love Their Pets?
Mar 08, 2021
Sentimental Sapiens: With Special Guest Taryn Bell
Mar 01, 2021
Stonehenge Special: the henge before Stonehenge
Feb 22, 2021
Bronze Age Jiggling, A Cursus on Arran and Things You Learn When You Don’t Brush Your Teeth
Feb 15, 2021
Tudors in the Garden, Mayan Marigold and Indonesian Cave Art
Feb 08, 2021
Amazon Cave Art, Hibernating Hominids and Always Feed Your Wolf
Jan 27, 2021
Amazonian Cave Art, Hibernating Hominids and Always Feed Your Wolf
Jan 25, 2021
50 Microns of Purple and 16 Roman Wheels
Dec 15, 2020
A Pint of Cave Water, Psychedelic Cave Art and Female Hunters
Dec 09, 2020
Anthropology Special: Living with the Batek with George Brill
Nov 30, 2020
Buffalo Milk, Clever Mayans and The Ancient Harappans
Nov 17, 2020
A Load of Old Balls, Cesspit Revelations, and an Anglo-Saxon Warlord?
Oct 27, 2020
(Bonus Episode) Kolombangara: The Forgotten Fortress
Oct 19, 2020
Our First Friends, Vikings Weren’t Blonde and Warriors before Writing
Sep 26, 2020
Femur Flutes, No Cheese For Me, And a Mystery Walrus
Sep 16, 2020
3D Temples, Palaeolithic Pictionary and the Mesolithic Tsunami that Hit the UK
Sep 06, 2020
Make your 200,000-Year-Old Bed, U-Boat Secrets, and the Sensitive Side of Neanderthals
Aug 28, 2020
The Source of the Stones, The First Americans, and an Underwater Museum
Aug 22, 2020
Neolithic Newgrange, From Alaska To Ancient Rome and The Piltdown Man
Jul 29, 2020
Rudolf’s Ancestors, a Really Old Bird and Some Of The Earliest Stories Ever Told
Jun 20, 2020
Wolf Meat, Super Computers and the Story of Red Hugh
Jun 07, 2020
An American Cousin, Earache and Resurrecting a Goose
May 31, 2020
Shooting Lasers, Ichnofossils and Everything in Between
May 26, 2020