The Ivory Man Was The Ivory Lady
<p>When she died, the Ivory Lady was between 17 and 25 years old. Her descendants revered her enough to continue to place precious objects in her memorial tomb for several generations. She was buried in a funeral complex called a <em>tholos. </em>Following her death, another twenty people were also buried in the <em>tholos</em>, and of this group, 15 have been confirmed to be women.</p>
<p>Ancient remains are often too degraded to be identified as any sex. At the same time, historically, most large ancient tombs have been assumed even without hard evidence, to be those of men. Teeth, however, can be preserved sufficiently to be tested using nanoflow liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, a new technology which can identify sex-specific differences in tooth enamel.</p>
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