“Unearthed Secrets: What a 1,900-Year-Old Roman Ritual Site in a Mysterious Spanish Cave Reveals About Ancient Beliefs”
“The Cova de les Dones was classified as an Iberian cave-sanctuary since the 1960s due to the dating of abundant materials from the Iron Age, mainly ceramics,” the press release explained. During the Roman conquest of Hispania, the cave was likely repurposed to serve the needs of the Roman population there.
Alongside the coin, 15 Roman inscriptions were discovered carved into the cave wall.
“The location of the inscriptions, more than 200 meters (656 feet) from the entrance, makes it one of the sites in the Iberian Peninsula with Roman inscriptions at the greatest depth,” the press release explained.
A. Ruiz-Redondo, V. Barciela and X. MartorellThe faded Roman inscriptions discovered on the cave walls.
Researchers are now working to translate the inscriptions and continue their exploration of the cave, only 20 percent of which has been surveyed as of now, searching for additional artifacts that may shed further light on its Roman history.
As the press researchers explained: “The Roman inscriptions are just beginning to be analyzed and there are still areas of the cave that have not been explored in detail, so the Cova may still be a source of surprises for archaeologists in the coming years.”
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