News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Archaeologists conduct first carbon dating of Paleolithic paintings in southwestern France (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-03-absolute-dating-paleolithic-dordogne.html">details</a>)(<a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2524751123">details</a>)</li> <li>43,000 written fragments chronicle centuries of everyday Egyptian life (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-03-upper-egypt-site-yielded-inscribed.html">details</a>)</li> <li>Ancient parrot feathers point to complex pre-Inca logistical planning (<a href="https://www.sci.news/archaeology/pre-inca-parrot-trade-14613.html">details</a>)</li> <li>Newly recovered artifact could be from Europe’s oldest known handgun (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/europes-oldest-handgun-may-date-to-14th-century-siege-at-german-castle">details</a>)</li> </ul>