Geoglyphs in Brazil, a Deadly Polish King's Tomb and a Fresco Reconstruction in Pompeii - Ep 336

This week we cover three new archaeology news stories! First up, a new LiDAR study in Brazil is revealing that the Amazonian ancient civilization of Aquiry may have been much larger than previously known. Then, a tomb in Poland that was opened in 1973 harbored a deadly fungus that caused the deaths of many of the researchers that worked on it, like a modern day Mummy’s Curse! And finally, archaeologists at Pompeii are reconstructing a ceiling mosaic piece by painstaking piece.

Links

Segment 1

• Mysterious Shapes Hidden Beneath the Amazon Canopy Reveal a Sprawling Ancient Civilization Much Bigger Than Researchers Expected (Smithsonian) (smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mysterious-shape…)

• Over 20,000 precolonial earthworks in the Southwest Amazonia (Nature) (nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10835-7)

Segment 2

• Archaeologists Opened a 500-Year-Old King’s Tomb. Most Didn’t Live to Tell the Tale. (popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a7327…)

Segment 3

• See a Rare Ceiling Fresco From Pompeii That Archaeologists Are Carefully Reassembling, Piece by Piece, Like an Ancient Puzzle (smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-a-rare-ceili…)

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