Córdoba - Museo Arqueológico

Córdoba shares its history with many cities in Southern Spain. It was Carthaginian and Roman (from 260BC on), later it belonged to the Byzantine Empire for two decades, was looted by the Vandals before the Visigoths conquered it in 572. In 711 it was taken by the by the Umayyad army and became a provincial capital.
At that time a Christian church erected by the Visigoths was on the site, it was divided and shared by Muslims and Christians. In 784 the Christian half was purchased by Emir Abd al-Rahman I, who then demolished the church and started to build the grand mosque of Córdoba on its ground. The Mezquita reached its current dimensions in 987 with the completion of the outer naves and courtyard. It covers an area of more than 23.000 m².

Nothing in Cordoba compares to the Mezquita-Cathedral, but this place has a very long history - and an interesting archaeological museum.

The “Estelle de Ategua” is a grave stele from the Late Bronze Age. ​ The stele is made of limestone and is 163 cm high, 78 cm wide and 34 cm thick.

There is a large human representation above. Other elements that accompany this main character include a spear, a round shield, a sword, a comb and a mirror. More human figures can be seen in the middle section. Finally, on the lower level, there is a figure with a kind of headdress driving a large chariot drawn by two horses, and a little further down there are two groups of people holding hands.