Unique medieval urban ruins uncovered in the Catalan Pyrenees
The construction works of a biomass warehouse in La Seu d’Urgell, a municipality in the Catalan Pyrenees, has brought the ancient ruins to light
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Digging at Toll de Moià caves resumes after year halted due to direct rule
Archaeologists return to cave system in Central Catalonia hoping to find more remains of cave bears and Neanderthals
53 archaeologists to document Neanderthal life from 60,000 years ago
University researchers from all over the world excavate together in the Abric Romaní in Catalonia in this 35th campaign
200 silver denarius discovered in Empúries, largest treasure found so far in the Roman site
The archaeological site of Empúries, on the Costa Brava, continues to provide new discoveries.After three weeks of excavations, a ceramic-vase containing 200 silver denarius dating from the 1st century B.C was found. It is the largest treasure that has ever appeared on the Roman site. Archaeologists believe that the treasure would have been hidden by its owner in one of the rooms of the houses which are also being excavated and that he would have lost it forever due to a fire which hit the property. The discovery is in very good conditions and the experts will no analyse all the pieces to find out its origins. Besides this treasure, 24 amphorae of wine have been discovered in the cellar ??the house, a slab of bronze -'simpulum'- to extract wine and two bracelets.