Ten corpses in a desert island: they try to solve in Spain a mystery of 2000 years – 16/05/2019

It is a desert island. But there were cultures that stepped on it and left it there unresolved puzzles. In particular, responsible for the deaths of ten people "in strange circumstances", about 2,000 years ago.

It is the island of Sa Galera, located 175 meters from the coast of Palma de Mallorca, Spain. It occupies approximately 1,800 square meters and it houses the rest of the human occupation of the ages of Copper (also called Calcolítico), Bronze and Iron.

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Archaeologists Ramón Martín Gordon and José Argüello have excavated since 2012 with 80 volunteers. The team has joined the universities of Cranfield, Upsala, Stockholm, Oxford and Complutense of Madrid to intensify the search for answers. Your investigations will extend until 2024.

As published in the Spanish newspaper The countryfor the moment they have succeeded reconstruct the face of one of the deceased. They also recovered and restored over 200 old pieces of metal and ceramics.

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"This island seems to have had a singular character since very early," said the Palarq Foundation in a statement. The first remains found belong to the chalcolithic ceramics incised with over 4000 years. They correspond practically to the arrival of humans in Mallorca.

During the first Punic War (264 BC – 241), the Baleáricos occupied the island and built seven wooden cabins. After the war, with the return of the Ebusitanians, these houses were burned down and a temple five meters by five was built.

In the second Punic War (218 BC – 201 BC), the temple suffered two destructions. First a widespread fire and after being rebuilt, its structures were dismantled. In the 2nd century BC, the building was rebuilt by the Ebusitanians.

After the Roman conquest, the islet was abandoned for more than a century. Y there appears the great enigma. "From the first century of our era, we are aware of the died in strange circumstances on the islet of 10 people, whose bodies have apparently been abandoned without burial on the surface of the island or thrown into tanks, "said the Palarq Foundation in a statement.

Among these bodies, was that one 22 year old girl, face down and pregnant nine months or with the newborn. His face was found and they consider that he could be Métis, which will be confirmed by a DNA badysis.

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"It is clear that they have suffered a dead in strange circumstances because their bodies have been abandoned in any way. The question is: why? ", Said Argüello, published by The country. He added: "The possibility that their death is the product of a ritual is rare and the the investigation is continuing"

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