Ancient Egyptian Tombs, Cave Lighting, and Turkey Bone Tattoos - TAS 130

What this episode covers

We have three great news stories for you this week. First, we talk about an article from Smithsonian about ancient tombs in Egypt. Check out the documentary coming out in 2021! Next we look at an experimental archaeology article looking at three different cave lighting systems and their effectiveness. Finally, we look at the oldest tattooing tools ever found in North America. Links * Inside the Tombs of Saqqara [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inside-tombs-saqqara-180977932/] * Scientists reconstruct cave lighting systems used by early humans [https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0250497] * Tennessee site yields oldest known American tattoo tools * https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/oldest-tattoo-tools-tennessee-native-american * Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X21002145?via%3Dihub Contact * Chris Webster * [email protected] ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com/] * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store [https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724] Affiliates * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/] * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff] * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/] *