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The Ivory Lady and Her Heiresses. A BBC Report

For years, researchers believed that a treasure-packed tomb outside Seville dating back to around 2,850 BC belonged to a young man between 17 and 25 years old. Now the analysis of sexually dimorphic amelogenin peptides in tooth enamel has revealed that the the most socially prominent individual in ancient Iberian copper age society was not who we previously thought they were.

Video by Next Stop Stories BBC

You can watch the video: https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0g543bb/mystery-of-high-status-ancient-spanish-tomb-solved

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    Archaeology, the magazine of the Archaeological Institute of America (USA), re-launches its website with a new slideshow of our recent discoveries at the Valencina Copper Age mega-site. https://archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2024/#spain-copper-age-priestesses

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    El Grupo de Investigación ATLAS, de la Universidad de Sevilla, ha desarrollado diversos estudios de la Prehistoria Reciente con la tecnología LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) y materiales del Instituto Geográfico Nacional. El programa de televisión y de divulgación TESIS presentó algunos avances en su nueva edición. https://www.canalsur.es/television/programas/tesis/noticia/2055078.html