Phoenician remains found at Málaga airport

Phoenician remains found at Málaga airport
larger | smaller
By h.b. - Oct 24, 2009 - 10:33 AM
Drainage work in the construction of the second runway has been moved as a result

Phoenician remains found at Teguise on the Canaries - EFE archive

The oldest Phoenician remains yet to be found in Málaga have been unearthed at the airport as land was moved as part of the construction of the second runway.

Archaeological work is now underway at the site, coordinated by the Culture Department of the Junta de Andalucía, and the Spanish Airports Authority, AENA, has given an undertaking to look after and protect the historical heritage at the site.

The find was in an area known as ‘La Rebanadilla’, covers a 3.4 hectare plot to the right of the Guadalhorce River, and had been buried under tons of earth. It seems the site had been occupied between the 8th and 7th centuries B.C, earlier than the find 40 years ago at the nearby El Cerro del Villar.

Excavations continue and AENA has now moved drainage work for the new runway more than 700 metres away.

Click here for related stories

mobile |

email this article | print

printer friendly page

More Spain News : Andalucía : Costa del Sol

Readers' comments:
Please keep to the subject. Opinions published here are of our visitors, not the Typically Spanish team. Comments which go against Spanish laws or which are libellous are not allowed. We reserve the right to delete any comment we wish. Placing a comment indicates you have read our terms and conditions and privacy policy.

Por favor, céntrate en el tema. Son las opiniones de los internautas, y no las de Typically Spanish. No está permitido verter comentarios contrarios a las leyes españolas o injuriantes. Reservado el derecho a eliminar los comentarios que consideremos fuera de tema. Escribir un comentario indica que has leído nuestros condiciones de uso y politica de privacidad.