Spain: Badger was looking for food, found Rome’s treasure [TKB Europe]

In northern Spain, a hungry badger was searching for food under the ground for itself. But there the treasure of the ancient Roman Empire came out. It was revealed when two archaeologists were searching for ancient objects by going to a cave.

This treasure has been found in the Grado municipal area of ​​the Asturias province of Spain. There was also a den of badger creatures near this treasure. Archaeologists believe that this badger must have been very hungry. Because last year snow storm Philomena came there. Because of which snow had accumulated all around. It was difficult to find food because of the snow. That’s why the creature was looking for its food by smelling it inside the soil buried under the snow.

When the badger searches for its food, it first recognizes the smell coming from the crack in the soil. That’s why it always goes on sniffing. As soon as any smelly crack is found, it starts digging it with its sharp claws. But when it could not find the item of use, it started mining work at another place. When it did not see any benefit from the Roman treasury, it left treasure there. After melting the snow, two archaeologists reached that place. Both discovered this treasure in a cave in the La Cuesta area of ​​the municipality of Grado. The report of which has recently been published in the Archaeological Journal.

The treasury of the Roman Empire included 209 types of objects. In which there were also 14 gold coins. It is believed that these coins were minted in Constituentinople (present-day Istanbul) in Turkey and Thessaloniki in Greece. The archaeologist gave this information in their report as well as told the Spanish newspaper El Pais.

The archaeologist told that Grado is a wild area. The cave was found in the middle of the dense forest. Earlier, objects from the time of Constantine I, who ruled Rome from 306 to 337 AD, were found in this area. Recently found gold coins are also believed to be of this time. Because Constantine-1 used to fortify his coins in Turkey and Greece.

This research was funded by the Ministry of Culture of the Asturias province of Spain. At present, the search for antiquities in this area is closed due to winter. But archaeologists have said that as soon as the ice melts, they will go to this area and search for ancient objects.