The Local Spain https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Stunning cave paintings found 300 metres below Spain The once in a generation find has been hailed as one of Spain’s most important prehistoric discoveries. https://www.thelocal.es/20160526/ancient-art-gallery-discovered-in-basque-country-atxurra-cave-paintings Thu, 26 May 2016 13:34:46 +0200 ancient-art-gallery-discovered-in-basque-country-atxurra-cave-paintings Wanted: amateur Indiana Joneses for Spanish dig A Spanish community is crowdfunding help to excavate an impressive Iron Age hillfort in Galicia, on the Atlantic coast of Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20160303/wanted-amateur-indiana-jones-archaeologists-for-spanish-dig Thu, 03 Mar 2016 16:20:51 +0100 wanted-amateur-indiana-jones-archaeologists-for-spanish-dig Fury as archaeological site ruined and replaced with picnic table Builders in a Galician village confused a neolithic tomb with a broken stone picnic table and replaced the 6,000-year-old artefact with a brand spanking new concrete bench. https://www.thelocal.es/20150826/fury-as-spanish-town-plonks-picnic-bench-on-ancient-archeological-site Wed, 26 Aug 2015 13:41:01 +0200 fury-as-spanish-town-plonks-picnic-bench-on-ancient-archeological-site