News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Herculaneum scrolls reveal hidden Greek text (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2-000-year-old-scrolls-buried-by-mount-vesuvius-eruption-finally-deciphered-with-help-from-ai">details</a>)</li> <li>Ancient boat carvings suggest Atlantic links across Bronze Age Europe (<a href="https://greekreporter.com/2026/06/30/bronze-age-boat-carvings-ancient-contacts-iberia-scandinavia/">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0349417">details</a>)</li> <li>Ireland Bronze Age settlement may be among Europe’s earliest towns (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-06-year-irish-bronze-age-site.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10382">details</a>)</li> <li>Early Americans specialized in hunting giant animals (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-07-earliest-americans-specialized-megafauna-alaska.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aef9628">details</a>)</li> </ul>