Potholers in Huéscar (north-east of the province) came across a skull and a collection of bones belonging to more than one person whilst exploring a cave.
Bones in A Cave
by Vivienne Hughes •
Tag Archive for civil war
Civil War Refugees in France
by Louise Powell •
The premises of the Alianza Francesa de Málaga in Nerja has been open for ten years and to celebrate this they have set up an interesting exhibition.
Shell in the Attic
by Martin Myall •
You’ve just bought a new home and there’s still junk from the previous owner to be thrown out, so you begin, but then you find an artillery shell in the attic.
Antique Artillery Shell
by Martin Myall •
Unexploded ammunition from the Spanish Civil War, over 80 years ago is often coming to light, but a shell from the 1870s?
Mortar Round on top a Mountain
by Martin Myall •
What you don’t expect to find at the top of the Sierra Nevada is an unexploded, 80-year-old mortar round, even if you’re armed with goats.
A Surprise in The Junk Room
by Martin Myall •
The Guardia Civil, Bomb-Disposal Squad was called in to handle an unexploded shell in a house in Lanjarón from the Civil-War period.
Sierra Nevada Grenada
by Hugh MacArthur •
A mountain climber on the Sierra Nevada came across a handgrenade, which is not something that you expect to find up there, is it?
Unexploded Artillery Shell in Lujar
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Spanish Civil War concluded 75 years ago but every once in a while somebody finds an unexploded bomb or shell. This time it was in the Sierra de Lujar, above Gualchos.
Some Things Never Change
by Martin Myall •
The Central Government under the right-wing party, the PP, has blocked the release of confidential military documents between 1936 and 1968 – they were due for declassification in 2011.
The Great Escape
by Martin Myall •
Forget images of Steve McQueen trying to jump over barbed wire on a stolen Wermacht motorbike; this is about Carchuna and the Spanish Civil War.