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These moving sands. so, when you discovered and realised it was a tomb, you must�*ve been preparing to find some bones in here, right? so, the excavation here is very similar to the excavation in egypt tombs and they have preserved very well the bones, so the state of preservation of the tomb, of the bones is excellent. we have found arrowhead. speaks spanish pendant. she gasps i cant believe im holding in my hand a piece of jewellery from thousands of years ago. that is amazing. speaks spanis...

The university of cadiz have just discovered some remarkable ruins, thanks to these moving sands. so, when you discovered and realised it was a tomb, you must�*ve been preparing to find some bones in here, right? so, the excavation here is very similar to the excavation in egypt tombs and they have preserved very well the bones, so the state of preservation of the tomb, of the bones is excellent. we have found arrowhead. speaks spanish pendant. she gasps i cant believe im holding in my hand a ...

Me about this site? what are these walls? this is the roof, more or less, of the roman baths. wow! so its much deeper. yes. so, how — how deep do we have to go down? four metres down. four metres? could we have a go at maybe exposing just a bit more of it to see more whats down there? yes, of course. thank you very much. all right! four metres is a long way down. yeah! this is gong to take me probably more than the afternoon, id say. laughter i think im going to have to accept defeat with here...

Sands. im meeting eddi pitcher, a writer and traveljournalist who specialises in uncovering hidden places, and shes going to guide me off the beaten track on my mission to learn more about the living sand dunes of southern spain. eddi, where are you taking me today? so, we are taking the wild way to the bolonia beach, and we can see that this is the way because weve got knotted — knotted beach grass here. there are no signs, so its — i said it was a wild way. im definitely glad that eddis he...

And all of those peoples have left their vestiges, their archaeological sites along this coastline, which have been perfectly intact down the millennia. my next stop is cape trafalgar, 60 kilometres down the coast from bolonia, where archaeologists from the university of cadiz have just discovered some remarkable ruins, thanks to these moving sands. so, when you discovered and realised it was a tomb, you must�*ve been preparing to find some bones in here, right? so, the excavation here is very...

The winds are getting stronger and pushing with them these dunes. so, theyre really moving? yeah, exactly. these dunes are being battered by hurricane—force winds, forcing them inland and revealing some remarkable hidden history concealed below. if you think about it in terms of history, this is a melting pot of cultures. youve got africa, youve got europe, youve got all of the mediterranean and then, the travels across the atlantic, and all of those peoples have left their vestiges, their arc...

Could we have a go at maybe exposing just a bit more of it to see more whats down there? yes, of course. thank you very much. all right! four metres is a long way down. yeah! this is gong to take me probably more than the afternoon, id say. laughter i think im going to have to accept defeat with here. besides, the archaeologists have purposely decided to cover up this site with sand in order to protect it from the elements — a decision which might prove difficult in the long—term, thanks to ...

Besides, the archaeologists have purposely decided to cover up this site with sand in order to protect it from the elements — a decision which might prove difficult in the long—term, thanks to those strong winds and shifting sands. to find out if theres an alternative method of preservation, ive come back to where i started my trip, bolonia, home to baelo claudia, an ancient roman city dating back to the second century bc, and one of andalucias most significant and well—preserved ancient r...

The huge sand dunes of southern spain are some of the largest in europe and yet, they remain relatively unknown, even amongst the most well—explored travellers, with even fewer people aware of the treasures concealed beneath their moving sands. im meeting eddi pitcher, a writer and traveljournalist who specialises in uncovering hidden places, and shes going to guide me off the beaten track on my mission to learn more about the living sand dunes of southern spain. eddi, where are you taking me ...

Four metres? could we have a go at maybe exposing just a bit more of it to see more whats down there? yes, of course. thank you very much. all right! four metres is a long way down. yeah! this is gong to take me probably than the afternoon, id say. laughter i think im going to have to accept defeat with here. besides, the archaeologists have purposely decided to cover up this site with sand in order to protect it from the elements — a decision which might prove difficult in the long—term, th...