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2025-03-13 03:44:45
Construction Workers Were Building a Solar Plant and Uncovered 5000 y.o Fortress
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a64055089/copper-age-fortress/
A solar plant project that began in 2021 in Almendralejo, Spain, took an unexpected turn when workers discovered settlements from the Copper Age in the area. Since then, archaeologists have been reaping the rewards.
Construction on the plant started in November of 2021 and quickly uncovered a set of settlements from the Chalcolithic era. The energy giant behind the plant, Acciona Energia, called in archaeologists who have since uncovered details of a 140,000-square-foot fortress on a hill—which included stone and adobe walls, three ditches over six feet deep, and a 27-inch wide entrance.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/911910