SPANISH FARMER FINDS 3,000 YEARS OLD LION SCULPTURE WHILE PLOUGHING HIS OLIVE GROVE

[Judi Lynn]

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

On a farm in Cañablanquilla, near San Sebastián de Los Ballesteros (Córdoba, Spain), farmer Gonzalo Crespo was working in the family olive grove when his tractor hit what he thought was a large stone.

When he stopped to inspect what it was he had hit, he was amazed to see a large statue of a lioness capturing her prey.

“I was doing a job and I noticed that the tractor had caught something harder than normal. I thought it was a stone, but when I got closer, I was surprised”, the farmer told Europa Press.

What was found is an archaeological piece of “great value” and around 2,400 years, according to a spokesperson for the Culture and Historical Heritage of the Junta de Andalucía, Cristina Casanueva.

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[Thomas Hurt]

1. a shame it got gouged, amazing piece.

[padah513]

2. There has to be more down there

And I'm sure they'll break out the ground-penetrating radar soon.

[pansypoo53219]

6. no shit. start the dig.

[soothsayer]

3. Wow what a find!

[Bayard]

4. Amazing

Very well preserved.

[GemDigger]

5. Guy is now a millionaire.

What a hellava sweet find!

[Auggie]

10. Kin folk said, "Hey, move away from there ..."

Load up that truck and move to Beverly.

Hills, that is.

Swimming pools. Movie stars.

[burrowowl]

7. Beautiful statue

What civilization is it from?

[yardwork]

8. Gorgeous!

[marble falls]

9. All I find is beer cans. Course they're mine, so they're easy enough to find.

[BobTheSubgenius]

11. Lions looked a lot different in those days.

The Spanish govt. probably has a way to take it from the farmer and give him nothing for it.