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Photo courtesy of Spanish Civil Guard<\/p>\n<article itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">Jan. 3 (UPI) \u2014<\/span> Spain\u2019s national police force has recovered \u201cone of the largest illegal private collections in the province of Alicante,\u201d made up of hundreds of archaeological artifacts.<\/p>\n<p>The collection includes marine fossils, Bronze Age ceramics and 18th-century weapons, the country\u2019s Guardia Civil said in a statement.\n<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p>Artifacts were recovered from two houses in the southeastern province of Alicante.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators recovered around 350 total artifacts from the two homes, including Roman mosaic tiles, paleolithic flint tools and historical weapons including cannonballs.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, some of the more than 200 human bone fragments recovered are between 4,000 and 5,000 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Two men have been arrested so far but not charged as part of the far-ranging Operation Osarium, police confirmed. Both are being investigated for misappropriation of goods with artistic, historical, cultural or scientific ue.<\/p>\n<p>The operation falls under the auspices of the Guardia Civil\u2019s \u201cPlan for the Defense of Spanish Historical Heritage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Investigators were originally tipped off in November by local law enforcement that a home in that jurisdiction contained various ancient bone remains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pieces had supposedly been inherited by the current inhabitant of the house of a deceased relative. However, he did not possess any type of documentation that would justify his possession of them, nor had he carried out any procedure for their regularization,\u201d police said in a statement.\n<\/p>\n<p>The D\u00e9nia Archaeological Museum is assisting investigators with housing the collection as well as attempting to date and otherwise identify the archaeological and paleontological pieces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>));\/**\/<\/script><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain\u2019s national police force has recovered \u201cone of the largest illegal private collections in the province of Alicante,\u201d made up of hundreds of archaeological artifacts. 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