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New Connections Discovered Between the Ancient Iberian Language and Basque, Beyond Numbers
4+ hour, 21+ min ago (492+ words) The idea that the ancient Iberians might have spoken a language related to Basque is not new. Since the 16th century, authors such as Ambrosio de Morales and Esteban de Garibay speculated about this possibility. In the 19th century, the prestigious linguist…...
Findings in Northwestern Spain Confirm the Presence of Roman Elites in the “Utmost Frontiers of the Empire”
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (676+ words) An archaeological study brings together, for the first time, evidence of luxury in the villas of Galicia and Asturias, linking them to high-ranking individuals of the 4th and 5th centuries AD. Who were the owners of these properties? The study conducts a…...
How Carthage Organized the Construction of Its Great Wall in Hispania: A Unique Case in the Ancient Mediterranean
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (762+ words) A geoarchaeological study identifies that the mud bricks were manufactured 78 km from the site, demonstrating detailed knowledge of the territory and a centralized political organization under Barcid rule. The construction of large defensive walls in antiquity was not merely a…...
24 extraordinary archaeological discoveries that amazed us in 2025
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1720+ words) The year 2025 was especially significant for archaeology. Terrestrial and underwater excavations, high-precision scientific analyses, and new readings of ancient finds made it possible to reconstruct fundamental aspects of the human past, from the earliest symbolic systems to the environmental impact…...
Two medieval burials in the Menga dolmen are strangely aligned with the monument’s axis
2+ week, 6+ day ago (219+ words) A study combines ancient genetics, archaeology, and history to unravel the meaning of possibly Islamic inhumations carried out in a millennia-old megalithic monument in Antequera, Spain. The genetic results for Menga1 offer a fascinating picture of his biological heritage, a mosaic…...
Enigmatic Roman-era carved stelae found in northern Spain reveal an ancestral cult of Celtic female deities
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (703+ words) The research, conducted by "ngel Aleixandre Blasco of the Universitat de Val'ncia, focuses on a set of six decorated stelae, dated to the 2nd century CE, which share a unique and highly schematic artistic style. Camero Nuevo, a high-mountain grazing area,…...
Red Hugh O'Donnell, the Irish leader of the rebellion against England who was buried in Spain in the same place as Columbus
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (102+ words) This article was first published on our Spanish Edition on October 13, 2025: Red Hugh O'Donnell, el l'der irland's de la rebeli'n contra Inglaterra que fue enterrado en Espa'a en el mismo sitio que Col'n VVAA, Irlanda y la Monarqu'a Hisp'nica: Kinsale…...
A treasure of coins and jewelry recovered from inside a domus that suffered a fire 1,800 years ago in Roman Dacia
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (584+ words) The National Museum of History of Romania has announced the discovery of a priceless treasure during the annual excavation campaign at the archaeological site of Histria, the ancient Greek colony of Istros and later a Roman city in Dacia during…...
Surprising Discovery in Spain: Cremation Was Practiced in the Copper Age a Millennium and a Half Before the First Evidence of This Practice
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (448+ words) A team from the University of Granada discovers in the Los Milanes megalithic necropolis, in Abla, a tomb with the remains of at least 21 cremated individuals from 4800 years ago, pushing back the emergence of this funerary practice by a millennium…...
An inscription found in Spain rewrites the history of the deployment of Roman troops in the Iberian Peninsula in the 1st century A.D.
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (595+ words) A funerary stele of an auxiliary cavalryman, discovered in Fuente Encalada, sheds new light on the presence and deployment of Roman troops in the Iberian Peninsula during the 1st century A.D. Until now, the scarce known testimonies of this unit in Hispania…...