Archaeologists excavating in Spain have discovered 25 tombs of suspected warrior aristocrats containing hoards of artifacts and gold . The tombs date back around 2,600 years and hundreds of relics have been recovered, along with over 400 animal bones, suggesting that animal sacrifice was part of the funerary rites.
The Iberian Peninsula, which today comprises Spain, Portugal, Andorra, small areas of France, and Gibraltar, was first populated with hominins about 1.2 million years ago and this timeworn territory is said to have hosted the controversial last stand of the Neanderthal people. The region contains equally impressive Paleolithic art , as is found in the caves of southern France. This traditional seat of the earliest civilizations in Western Europe became a strategic colonial position for its mineral rich earth.
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