2,600-year-old stone busts of 'lost' ancient Tartessos people discovered in sealed pit in Spain

Live Science ^ | published 4 days ago | Jennifer Nalewicki

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Two of the carved figures likely depict goddesses wearing gold earrings.

Image credit: Samuel Sánchez

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Selections from the Tartessos/Tartessian/Tarshish keywords, sorted:

• Tartessian, Europe's newest and oldest Celtic language [06/24/2019]
• Origin of Mysterious 2,700-Year-Old Gold Treasure Revealed [05/15/2018]
• Bulgarian Archaeology Finds Said to Rewrite History of Black Sea Sailing [09/14/2011]
• Spaniards Search For Legendary Tartessos In A Marsh [05/11/2007]
• Atlantis expedition reveals structures [08/16/2005]
• East Bulgaria Reveals Minoan Pertainence [01/23/2005]
• Sacred Precincts: A Tartessian Sanctuary in Ancient Spain [12/11/2004]
• Experts trying to decipher ancient language [02/28/2009]
• Spaniards Search For Legendary Tartessos In A Marsh [05/11/2007]
• Atlantis expedition reveals structures [08/16/2005]
• East Bulgaria Reveals Minoan Pertainence [01/23/2005]
• Sacred Precincts: A Tartessian Sanctuary in Ancient Spain [12/11/2004]
• Satellite Images 'Show Atlantis' [06/06/2004]
• Sacred Precincts: A Tartessian Sanctuary In Ancient Spain [10/22/2003]

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Selections from the basques keyword, sorted:

• Oldest Text Written In The Basque Language Found On The Hand Of Irulegi [11/20/2022]
• Iberia's Neolithic Farmers Linked to Modern-Day Basques [09/08/2015]
• For Indians, ax marked first chapter of disaster [08/07/2012]
• Welsh people could be most ancient in UK, DNA suggests [06/20/2012]
• 'Extraordinary' genetic make-up of north-east Wales men [07/23/2011]
• Finds that made Basques proud are fake, say experts [11/28/2008]
• In Search Of The Lost Sahara [05/18/2008]
• Ancient DNA: Reconstruction Of The Biological History Of Aldaieta Necropolis (Basque) [04/09/2008]
• Myths Of British Ancestry [09/28/2007]
• Basques Were Fishermen More Than 8,000 Years Ago [06/13/2006]
• Third Century Roman Inscriptions Discovered In Basque Country [06/08/2006]
• The stone-age Basque language remains mystery to scientists [06/01/2006]
• Basque Country horses [03/08/2006]
• Jewel Of The Magalenian Period (15,500 YO Necklace/Pendants, Basque Country) [10/04/2005]
• Basques [11/06/2004]
• Burushaski [11/06/2004]
• Split Between English and Scots Older Than Thought [07/18/2004]
• The Relationship Between The Basque And Ainu [06/25/2004]
• A Biological Dig for the Roots of Language [03/18/2004]
• Tests Reveal Amesbury Archer "King Of Stonehenge' Was A Settler From The Alps [02/08/2004]
• Norse Stone Authenticity Put To Test (Kensington Runestone) [11/16/2003]
• Y Chromosomes Rewrite British History [06/24/2003]
• Y Chromosomes Sketch New Outline of British History [05/27/2003]
• Unearthed, The Prince Of Stonehenge [08/25/2002]
• English And Welsh Are Races Apart [07/04/2002]

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[BenLurkin]

Saw somewhere a theory that these were the actual Atlanteans of history.

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They weren’t, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have topics about that! :^) Links above.

https://www.csic.es/es/actualidad-del-csic/investigadores-del-csic-hallan-las-primeras-representaciones-humanas-de-tarteso

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Upcoming topics:

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/987238
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11406-230428-spain-nerja-cave-visitors

https://www.avcr.cz/en/news-archive/Czech-archaeologists-unearth-unique-finds-in-Oman/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11403-230428-oman-arabian-stonehenge

https://news.umich.edu/digesta-an-overlooked-source-of-ice-age-carbs/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11401-230427-hunter-gatherer-bison-digesta

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/987183
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223006582
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11402-230427-alaska-native-dna

This one probably the next one:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/04/19/underwater-nabataean-temple-discovered-in-major-archaeological-find-in-italy
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11396-230426-italy-nabataean-temple

[BenLurkin]

"The Lady of Aix"

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_of_Elche

[Grimmy]

Faces carved from stone. Sealed in a pit. Pit broke open and the faces taken out.

I think we’ve seen this movie before.

Have they figured out the curse yet?

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That one in particular looks Etruscan, which figures btw.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2139616/posts

[Wuli]

Likely related to the Phoenicians, in whole or culturally in part at least.

[livius]

The archaic smile.

[livius]

La Dama de Elche. Some people think it’s a 19th century fraud, but it’s always seemed pretty plausible to me.

[SunkenCiv]

Influenced, but that also figures. :^)

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:^) (that’s a modern one)

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Aiiiiie!

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Dama_de_Elche.jpg

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Have they figured out the curse yet?

Four more years of biden.

Then we'll have nothing and be happy...

[minnesota_bound]

More images of what they looked like.... : )
https://tinyurl.com/5c4f6jdp