News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
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<li>Mesopotamian cylinder seals linked to development of writing system
(<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-11-ancient-stone-cylinders-correspond-mesopotamia.html">details</a>)
(<a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.165">details</a>)</li>
<li>DNA analysis challenges previous assumptions about Pompeii body casts
(<a href="https://hms.harvard.edu/news/ancient-dna-challenges-stories-told-about-pompeii-victims">details</a>)
(<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.10.007">details</a>)</li>
<li>Ice Age stone tablets show oldest known images of fishing nets
(<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/11/oldest-known-depiction-of-fishing-found-in-ice-age-engravings/153856">details</a>)
(<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311302">details</a>)</li>
<li>Excavation of Peruvian burial mound reveals 76 child sacrifice victims
(<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/an-offering-to-energize-the-fields-76-child-sacrifice-victims-all-with-their-chests-cut-open-unearthed-at-burial-site-in-peru">details</a>)</li>
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