Archaeologists uncover the first human representations of the ancient Tartessos people

Arkeonews woncha come out tonight, come out tonight, come out tonight ^ | April 19, 2023 | Edmond Dantès

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...at the Casas de Turuñuelo archeological site in Guareña, Badajoz — where a huge 2,500-year-old two-floor building is being unearthed — ...the Tartessian culture... between the 9th and 5th centuries B.C... In addition to fabulous material riches — gold, bronzes and ivories — and constructive elements that were of the caliber of the most sophisticated of the time in the Mediterranean region, five unusual sculptures were recently uncovered.

The find constitutes the remains of five almost life-sized stone busts that not only provide a new twist in the investigation of the Tartessos, but also reveal for the first time faces that could resemble those of some of its people. The perfection in form that can be seen in two of the examples is not far from the best pieces that were produced in that era on the other side of the Mediterranean, in Greece and Etruria...

Regarding the earrings that two of the images on the busts are wearing, Rodríguez adds: "These types of earrings have been found at other sites of the era and region, so they are very well-documented, but now we finally know how they were worn: the chain was used to attach it to the ear." Another of the busts depicts a warrior with a braid, a symbol of the transition to adulthood that was very common in the protohistory of the Iberian Peninsula...

this building, like others in the area around the same time, was thoroughly destroyed: burned, buried and abandoned. In this case, after a great feast and the sacrifice of more than 50 animals, including horses, cows, pigs and a dog, which constituted the first hecatomb found in the Iberian Peninsula of a size comparable to the religious sacrifices described in the Old Testament and the Iliad.

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Spain's National Research Council (CSIS)

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[Red Badger]

Ear piercings were quite prominent!....................

[Bookshelf]

Wow! The busts are a decided improvement over Egypt Middle Kingdom busts. They are much better, I believe, than anything produced by Greeks on Knossos.

[Red Badger]

They must have invented Hair Gel, too................

[blueunicorn6]

The one on the left had a styrofoam brain, so she’s a Democrat.

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in Guareña, Badajoz

That's a city and country I've never heard of before.

[Cronos]

They look like Gandhara Buddha statues. North Indians?

[telescope115]

I didn’t know they had botox back then…in the earlobes?

[Red Badger]

Ice cubes?.......

[Inyo-Mono]

Very good sculptures, very interesting.

[SunkenCiv]

The smack of the east struck me so much this had to be the digest topic for the week.

earlier:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4258887/posts?page=21#21
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4258887/posts?page=18#18

[SunkenCiv]

Badabing would be funnier.

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I have to wonder if they were having their party, with an enemy on the way, because they knew their lives and probably culture was about to end.