Tholos de Montelirio

[1] Tholos de Montelirio is closed to the general public, but its objects can be viewed in the Archeological Museum of Seville.

[2] The main chamber contains human bodies and was covered with a red patina of cinnabar and decorated with sun motifs.

[1] The research by the University of Seville determined that during the winter solstice the sun was beaming for a few minutes through the entrance corridor, illuminating the funeral chamber and hitting a stele that represented the mother goddess.

[1] Additionally, evidence of osteoarthritis was found in bones, which, considering the 40-year average life expectancy in the Copper Age, may indicate that those humans either walked a lot or were dancers.

However, in 2021 it was announced that, based on the analysis of sex-specific amelogenin peptide in tooth enamel, the skeleton is that of a woman.