Posted on Mon, Apr. 16, 2007Death and the maidensPenn researchers tackle Mesopotamian mystery. By Tom Avril Inquirer Staff Writer Aubrey Baadsgaard says the ancient victims may not have walked into the Mesopotamian tomb and sacrificed and drank poison. She hopes CAT scans of two skulls yesterday will back up her doubts. JONATHAN WILSON / Inquirer Staff Photographer Dozens of maidens, wearing headdresses of gold and lapis lazuli, walked down into a tomb in Mesopotamia 4,600 years ago. Each raised a cup to her lips, drank some poison, and lay down to die, hoping to join a king or other royal...