Archaeologists on Spain's Gran Canaria island are puzzled: who were the six young men whose skeletons were found face-down, hands tied and covered with stones in a cliff-side cave? Evidence at the Caleta de Arriba site points to a violent death centuries ago which could pre-date the 15th century Spanish conquest of the archipelago off northwest Africa. Several human bones are analyzed by Tibicena, an archaeology company, after being unearthed in a cave on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain April 24, 2023. REUTERS/Borja Suarez "They are not buried in the strict sense ... This is a funerary practice that denotes very strong symbolic violence," explained Veronica Alberto, head of the excavation. The bodies had been forcefully placed on the rocky surface and then had stones thrown ...
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