Photo 1: Tomb of the Giants of Coddu Vecchiu
The friends who follow me know how much I love archeology, even if I’m not an expert. Surely an incredible place for archeology is Sardinia, an island located in the center of the Mediterranean Sea, the second largest after Sicily. The isolation from the mainland was the reason why so many remains of such distant times have been preserved, we are talking about the third millennium BC. The Nuragic population has left traces of its civilization throughout the island which began before the birth of Rome and Carthage and practically never influenced by the Greek colonists, as were Sicily and southern Italy, if not some places like Olbia, but everything is still under study, in any case we are talking about the 4th century BC, therefore an era much closer to us.
Although Sardinia is located in the middle of the sea, its populations of origin are not seafaring, they do not practice fishing, they live inside the island. And in fact, even if there are also near the coast, the archaeological evidence is found towards the interior. There are two types of monument that are most striking, the nuraghe which are high circular towers built with large stones and the tombs of the Giants. There are also about 300 sacred wells like the one I told you about in my post A stargate in Sardinia. You can also find other monuments, such as dolmens and menhirs, of pre-Nuragic age but present in other European countries. Very special, but I have not yet been able to visit it, is the altar of Monte d’Accoddi, founded around 4000 BC. With its 6,000 years it is one of the oldest archaeological monuments in the world, when the first Egyptian pyramid was built it had already existed for about 1,400 years.
It is said that the inhabitants of ancient Sardinia were exceptional warriors, so much so that their militias were employed as personal guards to protect some Pharaohs. The remains of their civilization are many in Sardinia. The Giants’ tombs have been documented about 800, while the nuraghe, circular conical towers up to 20 meters high, with walls even 4 meters thick, are about 7,000.
Finding yourself in the presence of these ancient remains leaves you dismayed and only by touching them you can imagine past events, battles, fights, and people dressed in skins, with swords and daggers that we see in museums encrusted and blackened by time.
@mariacristinafossa and I visited two of them in one of our visits to Sardinia and we share with you the photos of this magnificent experience.
Photo 2: Tomb of the Giants of Li Lolghi. Clearly little is known about these burials, they were called giants as very large human bones were found. The bones were buried, as was the custom in ancient times, after having stripped the bones of the deceased, it was understood by examining the bones that showed evident signs of incision.
Photo 3: the Li Muri necropolis from the 4th millennium BC
Photo 4: Tomb of the Giants of Li Lolghi.
Photo 5: Tomb of the Giants of Li Lolghi.
Photo 6: Tomb of the Giants of Li Lolghi. The burial chamber
Photo 7: Tomb of the Giants of Coddu Vecchiu.The burial chamber.
Photo 8: Tomb of the Giants of Coddu Vecchiu. The stele of the Tomb
Photo 9: Tomb of the Giants of Li Lolghi
Photo 10: Nuraghe
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