In the spring of 218 BC, Hannibal Barca crossed the Ebro River with 90,000 soldiers and 12,000 cavalry. The Carthaginian general had set out from the lush and cosmopolitan Qart Hadasht (present-day Cartagena) in early spring, and had conquered Arse (Sagunto) along the way. The goal was to reach the Alps before winter and conquer the Italian Peninsula. The Romans feared Hannibal and did not sit idly by. In 218 BC, they landed at Empúries to halt the Carthaginians' advance. The confrontation between the Romans and Carthaginians had terrible consequences for the IberiansAmong them, the destruction of a significant settlement that until now we only knew about through written sources: Kissa. The Greek historian Polybius mentions it only once to explain the confrontation between the Carthaginians and the Romans, but archaeology has rescued it from the ashes.

The Iberians They buried their children in the pavement of their homes because they wanted to remember them. In theIn October, a study by the UAB, UVic-UCC and the Synchrotron was published. which analyzed the baby teeth of 45 children, and ruled out that these babies buried in homes were infanticides or sacrifices. Now, a new multidisciplinary study by the UAB, in collaboration with the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia, which has analyzed the remains of 15 children from the Empordà site of Ullastret (Illa d'en Reixac and Puig de Sant Andreu), provides new data. "All the burials were in the corners, never in passageways, and we have found spaces where a baby was buried and, almost a century later, another was buried. Therefore, there is a survival of memory. Furthermore, they never destroyed previous burials," says Gabriel del Prado, head of the MAC-Ullastret, Gabriel del Prado. "They buried them in the spaces where they lived and, therefore, there is respect and a desire to remember them," he adds.

The Iberians They buried their children in the pavement of their homes because they wanted to remember them. In theIn October, a study by the UAB, UVic-UCC and the Synchrotron was published. which analyzed the baby teeth of 45 children, and ruled out that these babies buried in homes were infanticides or sacrifices. Now, a new multidisciplinary study by the UAB, in collaboration with the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia, which has analyzed the remains of 15 children from the Empordà site of Ullastret (Illa d'en Reixac and Puig de Sant Andreu), provides new data. "All the burials were in the corners, never in passageways, and we have found spaces where a baby was buried and, almost a century later, another was buried. Therefore, there is a survival of memory. Furthermore, they never destroyed previous burials," says Gabriel del Prado, head of the MAC-Ullastret, Gabriel del Prado. "They buried them in the spaces where they lived and, therefore, there is respect and a desire to remember them," he adds.

Iberian culture remains a great mystery, as it disappeared without leaving any written trace that we can interpret. Their language died out and no bilingual text has been found that could document what they believed in, the role of women or whether there was a great Iberian city in Barcelona. However, archaeology continues to provide new clues. and the latest research, in the field of isotope analysis, helps to understand why the Iberians cut off heads and nailed them to walls.