Guerrero, Spain—According to an article in Greek reporterWheels and parts of a 2,500-year-old miniature bronze chariot have been discovered in a monumental building at the Tartessian site known as Casas del Turunuelo in southwestern Spain. In the area where the chariot parts were found, archaeologists had previously unearthed an altar shaped like a bull hide. It is believed that the ceremonial vehicle was used to hold embers, burnt incense or aromatic resins. It consists of bronze components fused with iron fittings; a central iron pivot; And decorations on the frame resemble twisted ropes, two griffins and a Greek river god Achelous, depicted with bull-like horns and a protruding tongue. The vehicle is supported by two figures believed to refer to Atlas, the Greek Titan condemned to hold up the sky for eternity. To read about trilobite fossils found at a Roman site in northern Spain, visit “fossil force“
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