The skull of “Donna del Caviglione” (Woman of Caviglione cave), found at the Late Palaeolithic burial of Cave Caviglione (Balzi Rossi), Italy.

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The skull of “Donna del Caviglione” (Woman of Caviglione cave), found at the Late Palaeolithic burial of Cave Caviglione (Balzi Rossi), Italy.

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Her skeleton was unearthed in 1872 by archaeologist Emile Rivière.

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Her skull is entirely covered by small marine shells and red deer teeth.

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The Lady of Cavillon — this 25,000-year-old woman was buried wearing a skullcap decorated with sea-snail shells covered in red ochre and finished with a fringe of perforated deer teeth

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