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What'sHerName

THE MYSTERY The Ivory Lady

What'sHerName

Dr. Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.8538 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

When a history-making Copper Age burial was unearthed in southern Spain in 2008, the world was stunned by the incredibly beautiful - and utterly unprecedented - artifacts found in the tomb of the so-called 'Ivory Man.' But fifteen years later, the archaeology world would be rocked by an even more astonishing discovery - that 5,000-year-old Ivory Man was actually an Ivory Lady! Archaeologist Marta Cintas Peña helps Olivia dig into this remarkable 'prehistorical mystery.' Music featured in this episode provided by: Doug Maxwell, Emmet Fenn, I Think I Can Help You, Chris Haugen and the Mini Vandals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This season of What's Her Name is sponsored by the Women's History Initiative at the Utah Historical Society.

0:05.3

Utah Women's History is so much more than you think.

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History.utot.gov slash women.

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And by our patrons.

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0:39.1

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0:41.1

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0:53.7

Hi, Katie. Hi, Olivia.

0:57.8

In 2008, archaeologist in Valencia, Spain, just a few miles outside of Sevilla,

1:07.4

Seville, made an unprecedented history-changing discovery.

1:13.2

Ooh.

1:14.0

They unearthed a completely unique, unbelievably ornate tomb, 5,000 years old.

1:21.4

Oh.

1:23.2

Containing the copper age burial of a clearly very important person.

1:30.4

Wow.

1:31.5

It's a megalithic burial, so it has stone structures.

1:35.9

Chambers and corridors highly decorated with red pigment on all the walls.

1:41.5

Incredibly beautiful, completely unique artifacts, grave goods, ivory ornaments,

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