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 Neanderthals, long perceived to have been unsophisticated and brutish, really did paint stalagmites in a Spanish cave more than 60,000 years ago, according to a study published on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20210803/study-confirms-ancient-spanish-cave-art-was-created-by-neanderthals Tue, 03 Aug 2021 11:13:54 +0200 study-confirms-ancient-spanish-cave-art-was-created-by-neanderthals Twenty years ago a team of geologists visiting caves around a disused mine in Almeria made an extraordinary discovery. https://www.thelocal.es/20190805/watch-take-a-peek-inside-worlds-biggest-geode Mon, 05 Aug 2019 13:14:40 +0200 watch-take-a-peek-inside-worlds-biggest-geode UPDATED: Seven Spanish potholers were found alive after being trapped in a cave in the foothills of the French Pyreness when rising flood waters blocked their exit. https://www.thelocal.es/20160210/seven-spanish-potholers-trapped-in-french-cave-by-flood Wed, 10 Feb 2016 10:03:57 +0100 seven-spanish-potholers-trapped-in-french-cave-by-flood Archaeologists working in a cave in Cantabria, Spain, who unearthed a red-painted woman from the Ice Age remain baffled by the details of her burial. https://www.thelocal.es/20150406/mystery-of-19000-year-old-spanish-red-lady Mon, 06 Apr 2015 14:38:21 +0200 mystery-of-19000-year-old-spanish-red-lady A Spanish caver trapped at the bottom of a cliff in Morocco's High Atlas mountains died on Saturday, but rescuers were able to save two of his friends, officials said. The three had fallen several hundred metres off the cliff. https://www.thelocal.es/20150405/spanish-caver-in-morocco-dies-two-rescued Sun, 05 Apr 2015 13:34:46 +0200 spanish-caver-in-morocco-dies-two-rescued UPDATE: Three Spanish cavers who went missing in Morocco have apparently been found alive in the High Atlas mountains by emergency services. A rescue operation was launched on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150404/three-spanish-cavers-missing-in-morocco Sat, 04 Apr 2015 11:42:12 +0200 three-spanish-cavers-missing-in-morocco A rock bearing prehistoric designs was seriously damaged recently when annual weeding works at a Galician archaeological park went wrong. https://www.thelocal.es/20150115/tractor-ruins-ancient-rock-art-in-galicia Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:13:00 +0100 tractor-ruins-ancient-rock-art-in-galicia The Spanish government has assured Unesco that the reintroduction of controlled visits hasn't damaged the famous rock paintings at the country's important Altamira cave site. https://www.thelocal.es/20141127/spain-will-keep-prehistoric-altamira-cave-open Thu, 27 Nov 2014 15:26:00 +0100 spain-will-keep-prehistoric-altamira-cave-open A Spanish speleologist is still waiting to be rescued from a two-kilometre (1.2 miles) deep cave in Peru after he fell and badly injured his back and legs 11 days ago. https://www.thelocal.es/20140929/spanish-caver-trapped-for-11-days-underground Mon, 29 Sep 2014 15:35:00 +0200 spanish-caver-trapped-for-11-days-underground A man remains in critical condition after he found himself trapped in an underwater cave for 20 hours with only a small air pocket to keep him alive. https://www.thelocal.es/20140721/diver-dies-after-being-trapped-in-cave Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:17:00 +0200 diver-dies-after-being-trapped-in-cave The 7,000-year-old remains of a Spaniard found in a cave in 2006 have helped scientists uncover a breed of early Europeans that no longer exists: dark-skinned and blue-eyed. https://www.thelocal.es/20140127/spains-blue-eyed-caveman-rewrites-prehistory Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:22:00 +0100 spains-blue-eyed-caveman-rewrites-prehistory A 60-year-old British citizen who lived in a cave in the southern Spanish town of Guadix was found dead in his home on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20131128/british-caveman-crushed-to-death-in-spain Thu, 28 Nov 2013 14:42:10 +0100 british-caveman-crushed-to-death-in-spain