This week we discuss a 4,000 year old board game that was discovered in Oman. Then in segment two, we head over to the UK where a Roman market town has been excavated in advance of the HS2 railway construction. And finally, LIDAR has uncovered more structures in association with Machu Picchu. Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months with code TAS. Click this message for more information. [https://zencastr.com/pricing?coupon=TAS&fpr=bgfoz] Links * Archaeologists Unearth 4,000-Year-Old Stone Board Game in Oman (Smithsonian Magazine) [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-4000-year-old-stone-board-game-in-oman-180979340/] * 4,000-year-old stone game board discovered (Oman Daily Observer) [https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1112388/oman/4000-year-old-stone-game-board-discovered] * Qumayrah Valley in Oman: new discoveries of ancient towers, copper trade and games (Press release from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw) [copper-and-games-new-discoveries-in-Oman.pdf">https://pcma.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Towers-copper-and-games-new-discoveries-in-Oman.pdf] * HS2 dig uncovers the Roman market town that vanished (The Times) [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hs2-dig-uncovers-the-roman-market-town-that-vanished-mxnhnrcvr] * High-speed rail construction reveals Roman town in the UK (ars technica) [https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-roman-town-along-uk-high-speed-rail-route/] * Ancient and hidden, Machu Picchu's complexity uncovered by archaeologists (NBC News) [https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/ancient-hidden-machu-picchus-complexity-uncovered-archaeologists-rcna12900] * Inca water channel flow analysis based on 3D models from terrestrial and UAV laser scanning at the Chachabamba archaeological site (Machu Picchu National Archaeological Park, Peru) (Journal of Archaeological Science) [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440321001898?via%3Dihub#!] Contact * Chris Webster * chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com 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/]