NYT, NatGeo, NPR, and more news for our lapis lazuli study!

Our recent study on the discovery of lapis lazuli pigment in the dental calculus of an 11-12th century nun has sure generated a lot of public interest! Hear interviews and read more about it here:

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Science:https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/these-1000-year-old-teeth-belonged-skilled-female-artist-pigment-remains-reveal

New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/science/10-archaeology-teeth-painting.html

National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2019/01/female-medieval-master-artist-revealed-dental-calculus/

NPR All Things Considered: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/01/09/683283982/a-blue-clue-in-medieval-teeth-may-bespeak-a-womans-artistry-circa-1-000-a-d

BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46783610?fbclid=IwAR2AY8IN-ezzcWW-uXwzwo3I0iLjFGxpt-z5mFS7oXKDYMX7fCzltb6Hve4

Associated Press: https://www.apnews.com/d9c3aaa164d4462f822ced71e56dc9ae

Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-women-teeth-literature/gems-in-teeth-hailed-as-proof-that-women-more-widely-involved-in-medieval-texts-idUSKCN1P329S

The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/the-woman-with-lapis-lazuli-in-her-teeth/579760/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_term=2019-01-09T19%3A00%3A35&fbclid=IwAR30U8ByQqhzkjcgdpHRIxVf_a-6u1vfkYjRTYzVuWQqaPcp7TM0Dyw6rkk&fbclid=IwAR2IgXBH39NRbDyjkmklgCtAH8Km0YKD3b7oNNVZBaYCF-6gzs8-gr-eU0M

CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/09/health/medieval-woman-ultramarine-teeth-study/index.html

Atlas Obscura: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-manuscript-mystery-artist

Gizmodo: https://gizmodo.com/blue-pigment-in-1-000-year-old-teeth-links-women-to-the-1831611129

Haaretz (Israel): https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-blue-plaque-signals-that-women-illuminated-religious-texts-1-000-years-ago-1.6827033

National Post (Canada): https://nationalpost.com/news/world/gemstone-crystals-found-in-teeth-of-11th-century-nun-sheds-light-on-womens-role-in-creating-medieval-religious-texts

Radio:

SWR: https://www.swr.de/swr2/programm/sendungen/impuls/archaeologie-was-zaehne-ueber-das-leben-verraten/-/id=1853902/did=23180552/nid=1853902/1acsfwr/index.html

WDR: https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/audio/wdr5/quarks/topthemen-aus-der-wissenschaft/audio-die-nonne-aus-dahlheim-100.html

DLF: https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/zahnstein-forschung-was-die-zaehne-einer-nonne-aus-dem.676.de.html?dram:article_id=437973

SRF: https://www.srf.ch/sendungen/wissenschaftsmagazin/ueberraschungen

NPR: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/01/09/683283982/a-blue-clue-in-medieval-teeth-may-bespeak-a-womans-artistry-circa-1-000-a-d

Public Radio International: https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-01-09/rare-gems-skeletons-teeth-challenges-thinking-about-medieval-women

CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/blue-pigment-found-on-a-medieval-woman-s-teeth-suggests-she-was-a-skilled-literate-artist-1.4972843

The Medievalist: http://themedievalpodcast.libsyn.com/the-nun-with-blue-teeth-a-medieval-mystery