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DNA analysis of a 4,000-year-old skeleton from Wiltshire shows the metalworker buried with tools and adornments was a woman, suggesting women played a central role as craftspeople and possibly shamans in Bronze Age Britain and rewriting long-held assumptions about Stonehenge-era society.
A minor mystery surrounding the iconic cover of Led Zeppelin's fourth studio album, commonly known as "Led Zeppelin IV," has been solved. The image, previously thought to be a painting, is actually a Victorian-era photograph of Lot Long, a thatcher from Wiltshire, England. The photograph was discovered by researcher Brian Edwards, who stumbled upon it in a Victorian photo album. The album, purchased by the Wiltshire Museum, also includes other architectural views and portraits of rural workers. The museum plans to display the photographs in an upcoming exhibition.