Encore: Ivory Baton, Pliny the Elder and Amelia Earhart - Ep 253

The Archaeology Podcast Network is taking a break for the holiday season. In the meantime, please enjoy this encore episode. It’s a favorite of ours! Happy holidays!
This week we have 3 fascinating archaeology news stories. First, experimental research has helped researchers determine the function of an ivory baton. Then, we take a look at a newly discovered Roman villa that may have belonged to Pliny the Elder. Finally, Amelia Earhart is back in the news with some new and potentially controversial findings!
Links
• Experiments suggest ancient four-holed ivory baton was used to make rope (Phys.org) (phys.org/news/2024-02-ancient-holed-ivory-bato…)
• Rope making in the Aurignacian of Central Europe more than 35,000 years ago (Science Advances) (science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adh5217)
• 1st-century villa discovered near Mount Vesuvius may be where Pliny the Elder watched catastrophic eruption (livescience.com/archaeology/romans/1st-century…)
• Amelia Earhart's plane may have crashed in the heart of the Pacific Ocean, explorer claims (Live Science) (livescience.com/archaeology/have-we-found-sona…)
• The Earhart Project in a Nutshell (tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/AEdescr1.html)
• Scientists discover new possible clue in Amelia Earhart mystery (nypost.com/2022/12/01/scientists-discover-new-…)
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