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Excavations at Tossal de Baltarga reveal a violent destruction linked to Hannibal’s passage during the Second Punic War, unearthing a gold earring and evidencing the Cerretani community’s significant role in the region’s ancient economic and strategic landscape. The gold earring found by the scientists, photographed against a dark background, in front of the jar it was found in.
“The destruction was dated around the end of the third century BCE, the moment where the Pyrenees were involved in the Second Punic War and the passage of Hannibal’s troops,” said Dr. Oriol Olesti Vila of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, lead author of the article in. “It is likely that the violent destruction of the site was connected to this war.
Building G had two floors. The fire burned so fiercely that the roof, support beams, and the wooden upper floor fell in, but some of the valuables survived the fall: the archaeologists found an iron pickaxe and the gold earring, concealed in a little pot.
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