Lavish 5,000-year-old tomb belonged to woman previously thought to be high-status man

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Lavish 5,000-year-old tomb belonged to woman previously thought to be high-status man
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“The Ivory Lady’s burial stands out, head and shoulders, above everyone else—there is absolutely no known male or female burial that compares to hers,” archaeologist Leonardo García Sanjuán SAID.

NEW RESEARCH SHOWS THAT A LAVISH TOMB DISCOVERED NEAR SEVILLE, SPAIN IN 2008 ACTUALLY BELONGED TO A WOMAN- AND NOT A MAN AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. THE TOMB WAS DISCOVERED IN 2008 AND CONTAINED AN ELEPHANT'S TUSK, AN IVORY COMB, A CRYSTAL DAGGER, AN OSTRICH EGGSHELL, A FLINT DAGGER INLAID WITH AMBER AND A SKELETON.– An ornate tomb discovered in 2008 in Valencia, Spain was previously thought to belong to a high-status young man but new research shows it was actually the tomb of a woman.

Initially dubbed the “Ivory Man,” the 5,000-year-old skeleton is now being referred to as the “Ivory Lady.” “She must have been highly charismatic person. She probably traveled or did have connections with people from faraway lands,” archaeologist Leonardo García Sanjuán told

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