As It Happens6:39Remains of so-called ‘Ivory Man’ in ornate Spanish tomb turn out to be female
About 5,000 years ago in Spain, there was a woman who was so important to her people that when she died, they filled her tomb with incredible riches and honoured her memory for generations to come, archeologists say.
She’s now known as “The Ivory Lady” due to the lavish ivory contents of her tomb. But when her remains were first unearthed 15 years ago, archaeologists incorrectly classified them as “likely male.”
Now — thanks to an analysis of her teeth — they know she was, in fact, female.
