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August 25 A rare chance to visit the key prehistoric archaeological site of Cueva Victoria in Cartagena

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Some believe the cave shows evidence of the earliest migration of human beings into Europe!

August 25 A rare chance to visit the key prehistoric archaeological site of Cueva Victoria in Cartagena The remarkable archaeological site of the Cueva Victoria in Cartagena is to open to visitors for just two hours on Friday August 25, offering a rare chance to see one of the most important sites containing prehistoric remains in south-western Spain.

Just two groups of up to 20 visitors will be admitted, one at 18.00 and the other at 20.00, with the registration period opening at 10.00 on August 11.

The Cueva Victoria is a cave in Cartagena which has been found to contain the fossilized remains of vertebrates dating from the Lower Pleistocene (between 130,000 and 12,000 years ago). Initially the site was excavated in order to extract manganese from the rock deposits, but it was then discovered that it houses thousands of fossilized remains, including those of the Theropitecus oswaldi species (a close relative of the modern baboon): this is the only known site in Europe where the species lived.

Other findings include a human finger bone, one of oldest discovered in Europe, and some have theorized that other bones provide the first evidence of hominids having crossed into Europe from Africa via the Strait of Gibraltar 1.2 million years ago!

For the visits on August 25 prior registration is required online here, starting on August 11. The rendezvous point is the car park next to the cave entrance (click for map).

Book early as there is likely to be great demand!!!

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