Two men under investigation after tipoff about collection that also contained bone fragments believed to be up to 5,000 years old
Two men are under investigation after Spanish police discovered hundreds of archaeological artefacts as well as bone fragments believed to be up to 5,000 years old in two residential homes in the province of Alicante.
A raid confirmed the tip, turning up bone fragments that a local archaeologist determined to be between 4,000 and 5,000 years old. In the absence of any kind of documentation to explain the collection, local officials deemed it illegal. The find was “one of the largest illegal private collections in the province of Alicante”, police said in a statement released on Friday. Photos
The inhabitant of the home told police that he had inherited the objects after the death of a relative. “However, he did not have any type of documentation to justify the possession of the pieces nor had he done anything to regularise them,” police noted.
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