Archaeologists have discovered a gigantic gateway to an ancient city abandoned thousands of years ago in the middle of a dried-up lake in Spain. The city of Ullastret is thought to date back to at least the 6th century BC, and was first discovered in the 1930s, having been abandoned in the 2nd or 3rd century BC.

It has been excavated over the past decades, with its enormous doorway having finally been unearthed. "The latest excavations at MAC Ullastret have confirmed the existence of a monumental entrance to the lower part of the city, located in the middle of the lake of Ullastret, which was dried more than a hundred years ago. This discovery is one of the most important ones made in this group in recent years," the Museum of Archeology of Catalonia said in a Facebook post announcing the find.

The doorway is thought to be a point of access to the lower part of the city, and had been covered in huge stone blocks. The find came during excavations by the Museum of Archeology of Catalonia and SPAHI (Polyorcetic Systems of Access to Iberian Habitats) between June 6 and 30, 2023 at the site of the dried-up Lake Ullastret, located around 75 miles northeast of Barcelona.