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A Blue Clue In Medieval Teeth May Bespeak A Woman's Artistry Circa A.D. 1000

A bit of lapis lazuli — a rich blue pigment — is trapped within a central tooth's dental tartar on this lower jaw of a European woman who died sometime between A.D. 997 and 1162. (Science Advances)
A bit of lapis lazuli — a rich blue pigment — is trapped within a central tooth's dental tartar on this lower jaw of a European woman who died sometime between A.D. 997 and 1162. (Science Advances)

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