For decades, the Villena Treasure has been examined and valued, most notably its gold. The trove, discovered in Alicante in 1963, contains dozens of well crafted items that are consistent with researchers' expectations for the Late Bronze Age. However, two little pieces never quite fit. They were dull, rusted, and constructed of iron in an era when iron was not supposed to exist in Iberia. For years, they were regarded as curiosities or potential incursions from a later time. New scientific examination has definitely placed them in the Bronze Age and suggested that their metal did not come from the Earth at all. Instead, it seems to have fallen from the sky.
