What Are The Dead Sea Scrolls? The life of a Mayan Ambassador and Introducing The Plain of Jars
- S1E25
- 49:25
- March 23rd 2021
Join Laurie and Ben this week when they discuss the newest fragments found of the dead sea scrolls along with what the dead sea scrolls are and why they’re important.They also discuss the the life of a Mayan ambassador and how his bones show why living as a mayan elite wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. Finally if you’ve never heard of the site called the plain of jars in Laos you learn on this episode why you’ll want to give it a google! Enjoy.
Links to stories
The Plain of Jars https://phys.org/news/2021-03-mystery-laos-megalithic-jars.html
Dead Sea Scrolls https://www.archaeology.org/news/9530-210317-israel-dead-sea-scrolls
The live of a Mayan Ambassador https://www.archaeology.org/news/9529-210317-guatemala-maya-lakam
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