Muons and the Terracotta Army, Mesolithic Baby burial and Pseudoscience in Jordan - Ep 150

Published: Dec. 19, 2021, 9 a.m.

b'This week we discuss three very different archaeological news stories! First,\\narchaeologists in China plan to use Muons to "see" inside the unopened and\\npresumably un-looted tomb of China\'s first Emperor Qin Shi Huang. His tomb is\\nprotected by the famed Terracotta Army, but has remained unopened due to\\npreservation concerns. The second article is about a European Mesolithic baby\\nburial, and the great care with which she was buried. Finally, we head over to\\nJordan to learn about recent research that was twisted to "prove" the story of\\nthe city of Sodom in the Bible, and how this is dangerous pseudoscience that\\ndamages the archaeology of the area.\\nLinks\\n * Segment 1\\n * Cosmic rays could unearth secrets of Terracotta Army tomb\\n [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cosmic-rays-could-unearth-secrets-of-terracotta-army-tomb-rvm6wjflx]\\n * Seeing deeper with atmospheric muons: From archaeology to geology\\n [https://phys.org/news/2021-12-deeper-atmospheric-muons-archaeology-geology.html]\\n * Segment 2\\n * Baby Buried With Care 10,000 Years Ago Found in Italian Cave\\n [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/10000-year-old-burial-of-baby-found-in-italian-cave-180979224/]\\n * Earliest modern female human infant burial found in Europe\\n [https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/earliest-modern-female-human-infant-burial-found-europe]\\n * Segment 3\\n * When Biblically Inspired Pseudoscience and Clickbait Cause Looting\\n [https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/tall-el-hamman/]\\n\\nContact\\n * Chris Webster\\n * chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com\\n\\nArchPodNet\\n * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com/]\\n * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet\\n * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet\\n * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet\\n * Tee Public Store\\n [https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724]\\n\\nAffiliates\\n * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/]\\n * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff]\\n * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/]'