49 min

What Are The Dead Sea Scrolls? The life of a Mayan Ambassador and Introducing The Plain of Jars That's Old News

    • History

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 

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 

49 min

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