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Oldest known partial face fossil of human ancestor in Western Europe found in northern Spain

News Desk13th March 202519th March 2025

13th March 202519th March 20251891

Western Europe has a new contender for its oldest known human relative. Spanish scientists revealed on Wednesday that facial bones belonging to an individual nicknamed...

35-year-old man dies after getting trapped under a pile of manure in Castilla y León

News Desk8th January 202513th January 2025

8th January 202513th January 20251238

A man died on Monday after getting trapped under a pile of manure while he was working on a pig farm in the northwestern province...

Intruder at Spanish winery opens vats and destroys €2.5 million worth of wine

News Desk21st February 202426th February 2024

21st February 202426th February 20242614

Around 60,000 litres of premium red wine worth approximately €2.5 million were lost at a Spanish winery at the weekend, after someone broke in and opened...

Political storm as 44 convicted ETA members to run in Basque elections

News Desk11th May 202319th May 2023

11th May 202319th May 20235146

A political storm has broken out after EH Bildu, a Basque nationalist party, presented its candidate lists for the forthcoming local and regional elections that...

Oldest European fossil of human ancestor from 1.4 million years ago found in Spain

News Desk11th July 202218th July 2022

11th July 202218th July 20222300

A jawbone fragment discovered in a mountain range in the region of Castilla y León in northern Spain could be the oldest known fossil of...

Spanish police retrieve final part of tapestry stolen by ‘Erik the Belgian’ in 1980

News Desk21st February 202228th February 2022

21st February 202228th February 20222832

Agents of Spain’s National Police specialising in historical heritage have recovered the last part of a 17th-century Flemish tapestry that was stolen 42 years ago...

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Priceless stolen Spanish carvings found in English garden

AFP22nd January 2019

22nd January 20192731

A Dutch art detective has returned two priceless stone reliefs stolen from an ancient Spanish church after tracing them to an English nobleman’s garden where...

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