MYSTERIOUS: Pyrenees - What They Never Told You

Tour de France 2027 routes revealed with British stages, time trials and a volcano

Edinburgh will host the most northerly Tour de France start in 2027 while the Pyrenees will provide the competitive finale of next year’s route

The Guardian - UK · Oct 22

Tour de France 2027 routes unveiled as Britain hosts Grand Depart and Montmartre returns

The men’s race will be decided in a thrilling finale in the Pyrenees while the Tour de France Femmes visits the Puy de Dome

The Independent UK · Oct 22

Neanderthal remains dating back 46,000 years identified in Abauntz cave, Navarra

Six bone fragments from Abauntz cave in Navarre belong to a 46,000-year-old male Neanderthal; DNA and radiocarbon dating reveal the last Neanderthals of the western Pyrenees.

Euronews · Oct 20

People kept returning to a cave high in the Pyrenees for 5,500 years, and green stones may show they were making copper there

For thousands of years, a small cave tucked high into the Pyrenees remained largely untouched, exposed to freezing temperatures and difficult terrain that still makes reaching it a demanding journey. At first glance, it hardly seems like a place where prehistoric communities would have chosen to spend time. Yet beneath…

The Times of India · Jul 15

Tour de France 2026 stage 6 preview - Showdown among GC favourites Pogačar and Vingegaard expected on most demanding day in the Pyrenees

July 9, 2026; Pau - Gavarnie-Gèdre, 186km, mountainous

Cycling News · Jul 8

A new archaeological dataset reveals early 10,000 years of human life existence in the high Pyrenees

For decades, archaeologists largely assumed that Europe's highest mountain landscapes were places people crossed rather than inhabited. Harsh winters, steep terrain and short growing seasons seemed to make long-term occupation unlikely, leaving many alpine regions treated as seasonal or marginal in archaeological research. Fresh evidence from the Spanish Pyrenees paints…

The Times of India · Jun 25

Could mountains be key to unlocking hydrogen’s potential?

Researchers assessed likelihood gas was produced during creation of Alps, Pyrenees and Baetic mountains

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24

Humans never left these mountains for 10,000 years, and scientists finally proved it

Researchers have uncovered a surprising human story in the high Pyrenees mountains. New evidence shows people lived in these areas for over 10,000 years. This discovery challenges the idea that high mountains were empty spaces in the past. The findings are based on radiocarbon dating of samples from archaeological sites.

The Economic Times · Jun 18

A child's tooth and mysterious green stones expose a 5,500-year-old secret hidden in a mountain cave

High in the Spanish Pyrenees, at an altitude where steep slopes and rocky terrain still make access difficult today, archaeologists have been investigating a cave that appears to have drawn people back again and again over thousands of years. Known as Cova del Sardo, the site has yielded evidence of…

The Times of India · Jun 9

A family holiday on the hoof: donkey trekking in the Spanish Pyrenees

A week-long mountain trek with two young children felt like an ambitious undertaking – but they loved every minute

The Guardian - UK · Jun 6