Red Lady of Paviland: Should remains come back to Wales?

[Judi Lynn]

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2 hours ago

By Neil Prior
BBC News
Two-hundred years ago scientists unearthed one of the most intriguing and controversial finds in Welsh archaeological history.

On 18 January 1823, The Red Lady of Paviland was discovered in a cave on the Gower peninsula, Swansea, by William Buckland, a reverend and Oxford University's first ever professor of geology.

"She" was immediately transported to the Oxford University museum, prompting a two-century campaign for the remains to be repatriated back to Wales.

Yet, for at least the first century after the discovery, no-one was entirely sure about what they'd found.
A skeleton covered in red ochre, which is naturally occurring iron oxide, Prof Buckland presumed The Red "Lady" to be a Roman prostitute, or witch.

More:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-64264413

[Easterncedar]

1. Very interesting story!

Thanks!