Jailed for destroying Neolithic caves for refuge?

A Spanish man was imprisoned because he dared to destroy a cave of stone age to shelter the animals he possessed.

A Spanish man was sentenced to prison for daring to destroy a new Stone Age cave to shelter the animals he possessed.

Accordingly, a Spanish businessman was sentenced to two and a half years for daring to destroy a Neolithic cave that archaeologists say, this cave holds many secret keys about life of ancient Spanish residents thousands of years ago .

This man named Victorino Alonso is a coal mine millionaire, he has dug a car, ironed mechanically to a Neolithic cave in the Pyrenees and destroyed and renovated the place, estimated the cave was 8000 years old . He renovated this cave to house the animals he hunted.

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The destruction of this man caused the cave to lose many of the carved structures, thousands of ancient pottery pieces, destroying a 6000-year-old cave buried in the cave and many ancient art geometric characters. The cave was also wiped out .

Currently this cave has not been discovered by archaeologists, 90% of archaeological sediments related to ancient Spanish resident occupations thousands of years ago were also crushed.

' This businessman's action is like tearing down every page of human history, not only that, this cave may contain archaeological secrets related to the dawn of agriculture and commerce. goods of ancient Spanish residents thousands of years ago '- archaeologist Juan Luis Arsuaga said in a statement.

However, the Spanish businessman had an intention to appeal, and asked to release and pay an administrative fine of 22 million Euro, however, the conclusion for him was still a sentence of 2.5 years in prison.

Earlier, Victorino Alonso had been accused of destroying the valley of Chaves Cave on charges of illegally digging lakes, destroying part of a natural park.

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