I was very excited to hear that French archae­olo­gists have taken pot­tery from ancient Pom­peii and played the grooves back like a record to get the sounds of the pot­tery work­shop, includ­ing laughter. Click “Tele­char­ger la video” to play the short video which con­tains a sample of the audio.

… but unfor­tu­nately it looks to be a hoax.