Episode 203 - An Under-the-Weather Special

Anna is sick this week, so we've been unable to record new episodes. But rather than leave you hanging, we're releasing a lightly trimmed version of the latest episode of Old News. We've got human bone jewelry, the first Black Baptist church in colonial America, alleged art crimes, some seriously inclement weather, and more!

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Links

• Human bones used for making pendants in the Stone Age (Phys.org)

• French Authorities Detain Two Archaeologists, Including a Louvre Curator, as Part of an Ongoing International Art-Trafficking Dragnet (Artnet)

• Excavation of graves begins at site of colonial Black church (NBC News, AP)

• First Baptist Church Excavation Project (Colonial Williamsburg website)

• 5,200-year-old stone carving chrysalis found in north China (Xinhua)

• Rare coffee beans dating back 167 years ago found by archaeologists working on the Metro Tunnel project (9News)

• Jawbone Discovered in Spain May Be Oldest Known Hominin Fossil (Archaeology)

• A massive tsunami destroyed the Spanish city of Seville in the 3rd century, new study finds (El Pais)