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Furthermore, at any time the data subject may withdraw the granted consent by contacting the aforementioned address and file a claim to the Supervisory Authority (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos www.aepd.es) You can also unsubscribe from the Newsletter communication For any further information you can visit the Privacy Police on the website https://www.acciona.com/privacy-policy/ An archaeological site in northeast Spain holds one of the oldest-known Muslim cemeteries in the country some dating back to the first 100 years of the Islamic conquest of the Iberian Peninsula.  along the frontier between the warring Islamic and Christian worlds in the turbulent early Middle Ages who were later replaced by Christian rulers and their history forgotten The archaeologists unearthed the ancient graves from a maqbara or Muslim necropolis dating from between the eighth and the 12th centuries in the Ebro Valley about 25 miles (40 kilometers) northwest of Zaragoza Related: 10 epic battles that changed history The remains show that the dead were buried according to Muslim funeral rituals and suggest the town was largely Islamic for hundreds of years despite there being no mention of this phase in local histories "The number of people buried in the necropolis and the time it was occupied indicates that Tauste was an important town in the Ebro Valley in Islamic times," lead archaeologist Eva Giménez of the heritage company Paleoymás told Live Science Giménez and the company Paleoymás were contracted for the latest excavations by El Patiaz Cultural Association which was founded by local people in 1999 to investigate the history of the town Get the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox Their initial excavations in 2010 suggested that a 5-acre (2 hectares) Islamic necropolis at Tauste might hold the remains of up to 4,500 people But the association's limited funds meant only 46 graves could be unearthed in the first four years of work Giménez said the latest discoveries hint that even more Muslim graves could still be found "We now have information that indicates that the size of the necropolis is greater than what was known," she said The dead were typically wrapped in a shroud and placed lying on their side with their gaze facing towards Mecca.(Image credit: El Patiaz Cultural Association)Archaeologists say the ancient burials at Tauste were carried out according to strict Muslim funeral rites without grave goods or signs of social distinction.(Image credit: El Patiaz Cultural Association)The latest excavations at Tauste focused on a single road known to pass through the ancient Islamic necropolis they had conquered most of the Iberian Peninsula — today's Spain and Portugal — except for some mountainous regions of the northwest that remained independent Christian kingdoms Muslim leaders established their rule south of Barcelona and the Pyrenees the mountain range that divides Spain and France Related: Crusader battlefield where 'Richard the Lionheart' defeated Muslims is unearthed in Israel Jews and Christians were allowed to practice their religions if they chose not to convert to Islam and were treated as a lower social class than Muslims Muslim rule in Spain began to fragment after the 11th century and the Christian kingdoms in the north grew more powerful was defeated in 1492 by the armies of Castile in the final battle of the Christian Reconquista led by Isabela and Ferdinand and violent anti-Muslim persecutions continued until the early 17th century The influence of Islamic rule has been recognized in nearby parts of the region but history was silent about the Islamic phase at Tauste Ancient graves were sometimes unearthed in the town, but they were dismissed as those of victims of a cholera pandemic that killed almost a quarter-million people in Spain in 1854 and 1855 the director of the Anthropological Observatory of the Islamic Necropolis of Tauste for El Patiaz Some members of El Patiaz suspected an 11th-century church tower in the town had Islamic origins — a suspicion confirmed when examinations showed it was once a minaret in the distinctive Zagri architecture..  So in 2010, the group began excavations led by archaeologist Francisco Javier Gutierrez. They learned the ancient graves at Tauste contained individuals buried with Muslim rituals, and not in the style of a mass burial that might have been expected for victims of the cholera pandemic each grave held the remains of a single person typically placed lying on their right side so that their gaze was oriented toward Mecca and each was covered with a mound of earth —25 grisly archaeological discoveries —The 25 most mysterious archaeological discoveries on Earth —In photos: 'Alien' skulls reveal odd, ancient tradition The graves also showed other distinctive Muslim features: They were just large enough to accommodate the body, and the dead were buried in a white shroud, regardless of their social status, she said. To this day, Muslim rituals do not allow the dead to be buried with grave goods, but fragments of ceramics found nearby in the excavations since 2010 showed they dated to between the eighth and 12th centuries, Giménez said. While the existence of the Islamic graveyard was known from the earlier excavations, "what was not known were the dimensions and density of the tombs," she said. "It has been expected and unexpected at the same time." The latest discoveries, in a single street known to be part of the ancient necropolis, show the extent of Muslim influence in the town over several centuries.,  The cemetery was in use continuously for more than 400 years, they found. "This tells us about a constant and deeply rooted [Islamic] population in Tauste since the beginning of the eighth century," Giménez said. Live Science ContributorTom Metcalfe is a freelance journalist and regular Live Science contributor who is based in London in the United Kingdom Ancient Egyptians drew the Milky Way on coffins and tombs 18th-century monk's anus was stuffed with wood chips and fabric to mummify him This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The Cámera wind farm is located between the towns of Teba and Almargen in the province of Malaga near Cerro de La Higuera the turbine is not the G136 model from the same G10X family but is actually the G128 model with a rotor diameter of 128 metres (not 136 metres) and a hub height of 120 metres The machine is designed for sites with Class II The wind farm is being developed by Gamesa Energía a subsidiary that develops and builds wind farms for resale the only example of the G10X machine in operation has been a prototype on the Jaulín wind farm in Aragon "which has already been subject to field testing and certification," explains the Spanish multinational this machine has broken three output records for any wind turbines in Spain most of which were surpassed when the machine generated more than 98 MWh in a single day on 1 June 2011 The Spanish company is also close to completing several manufacturing facilities in the north of country the Lerma (Burgos) and Asteasu (Basque Country) powertrain plants all these facilities will be fully operational in 2012 Gamesa is installing another G10X machine at the pilot Alaiz wind farm owned by the National Renewable Energy Center (Cener) Gamesa has informed Renewable Energy Magazine that the G10X machine installed in Alaiz fulfilled the company’s expectations with regards to transportation since its modular design has enabled the company to use the same vehicles used to transport 2-MW turbines can also be transported using conventional equipment because of their segmented design The Gamesa FlexiFit system also enables the main internal components of the wind turbine to be lifted in to place using a crane attached directly to the nacelle As reported previously the technologies that have been tested and validated on Gamesa’s 4.5-MW G10X platform are being used on the 5-MW G11X and the 7-MW G14X offshore platforms that the wind turbine manufacturer is currently developing at its technology centres in Virginia (US) and Glasgow (Scotland) Gamesa Construction and Building MaterialsCitation Excerpt :Various studies have shown that the use of TDAs with ballast improves energy absorption and resilience reducing ballast deterioration and increasing permanent settlements Utilizing scrap tires as under-sleeper pads (USPs) has been proposed by many academics for improving track performance while also reducing noise and vibration [61–63] Using waste tires (or TDAs) in railways can be one of the best options for solving the problem of waste tires Journal of Cleaner ProductionCitation Excerpt :Furthermore (2020) applying life cycle cost assessment for alternative railway track support material focused on different materials for sleepers concluded that the fibre composite offers a faster and more efficient installation time making it the most financially viable option Still on the use of alternative materials in infrastructure (2020) investigate the use of recycled tire-derived aggregate as elastic particles under railway sleepers to assess the impact on track lateral resistance and durability (2020) assess the sustainability of Hong Kong's urban rail system using environmental (energy consumed GHG emissions) and social (jobs created) parameters as indicators Transportation GeotechnicsCitation Excerpt :This growth in demand for faster and heavier trains leads to an increase in the frequency and load intensity on track substructure particularly on weak subgrades with poor drainage they become fouled due to clay pumping and ballast breakage and the rail tracks buckle due to insufficient confining pressures from the shoulder ballast aggregates [60,66,32,26,56,59,50,18] fouling of tracks occurs along with ballast degradation The find raises hopes of a deeper understanding of the country’s history following the eighth-century Muslim conquest of the Iberian peninsula. Workers came across human remains while widening a road in Tauste, a small town of 700 people near Zaragoza in northeast Spain. Archaeologists then uncovered more than 300 tombs dating from the 8th century. “We have discovered one of oldest and best preserved Muslim cemeteries in the Iberian peninsula,” Rafael Laborda, one of the archaeologists, told The Times. “Even though this was a volatile frontier area our work indicates that this necropolis belonged to a stable Muslim community that lasted for more than four centuries.” Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism Philippines – Filipina tennis ace Alex Eala and Indonesian partner Beatrice Gumulya could not sustain their strong start as they dropped a gripping three-setter to Alana Parnaby of Australia and Victoria Rodriguez of Mexico in the quarterfinal of the Open Villa De Tauste-Tomas Arrieta & Altra Logistica in Spain on Thursday Eala and Gumulya appeared to have the edge as they broke away from a tight first set by breaking serve in the seventh game to grab the lead at 4-3 and cruise to a 6-4 win The Filipina-Indonesian duo continued to stay sharp in the second set by carving out an early break in the third game before holding serve to race to a 3-1 advantage.  But that turned out to be their last taste of the lead Parnaby and Rodriguez raised their game to another gear which Eala and Rodriguez could not keep pace with as the Aussie and Mexican tandem took the next five games to clinch the second set at 6-3 The super tiebreak showed Parnaby and Rodriguez had plenty left in the tank They jumped to a 5-1 lead which they extended further to 8-2.  Eala and Gumulya attempted one final fightback pocketing four straight points to narrow the gap at 8-6 That was the farthest they would go as Parnaby and Rodriguez who took out second seeds Talia Gibson and Petra Hule of Australia in the opening round closed out the match by claiming the next two points It has been a rough week for Eala, who fell in the opening round of the singles competition of the $25,000 ITF event to Australian Destanee Aiava The 18-year-old Filipina will gun for a bigger prize next week when she sees action in the XXVII Open Generali Ciudad de Palma del Rio a $40,000 ITF tournament starting June 26 at the Asociacion de Tenistas Palmenos Polideportivo hard courts in Spain