1 Nov, 2020 @ 12:00
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Olive farmer stumbles upon ‘incredible’ 2,500-year-old statue of lioness in Spain’s Andalucia

Ancient Stone

AN ‘extraordinary’ 2,500-year-old statue of a lioness has been unearthed by an olive farmer in Andalucia. 

The artefact was uncovered by Gonzalo Crespo in La Rambla, Cordoba, and is in perfect condition. 

Crespo stumbled upon the artwork while ploughing his olive grove on Wednesday.

Ancient Stone
PROUD: Farmer Gonzalo Crespo poses with ancient statue he found while ploughing olive grove (SOURCE: Ayuntamiento de La Rambla)

“I thought ‘what is this?’… At first I thought it was just a stone,” the man, from San Sebastian de los Ballesteros, told Diario Cordoba

The piece depicts a lioness devouring another animal and is believed to have been created around the year 4 BC. 

Crespo quickly recognised he had found something significant and called the Guardia Civil. 

The lioness was transferred to the Archaeological Museum of Cordoba where it will be studied by experts from the Ministry of Culture and the Junta de Andalucia. 

The Iberian treasure could be ‘an extraordinary find’ due to its size, experts said. 

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
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He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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