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His right hand probably held a spear originally, a quiver can be seen on his back. His hair is braided.
October 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
His right hand probably held a spear originally, a quiver can be seen on his back. His hair is braided.
Bronze figurine depicting an archer, from Urzulei in Sardinia, Nuragic culture.
His left hand holds a huge bow and is protected by a large glove. He wears a double tunic, his breast is protected by a defensive plate. He's got sandals and a conical helmet which features a plume.
10th-9th century BC.
His left hand holds a huge bow and is protected by a large glove. He wears a double tunic, his breast is protected by a defensive plate. He's got sandals and a conical helmet which features a plume.
10th-9th century BC.
October 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Bronze figurine depicting an archer, from Urzulei in Sardinia, Nuragic culture.
His left hand holds a huge bow and is protected by a large glove. He wears a double tunic, his breast is protected by a defensive plate. He's got sandals and a conical helmet which features a plume.
10th-9th century BC.
His left hand holds a huge bow and is protected by a large glove. He wears a double tunic, his breast is protected by a defensive plate. He's got sandals and a conical helmet which features a plume.
10th-9th century BC.
Date: approximately 10th-8th century BC. She closely resembles other statuettes, such as the female figurines discovered at the Nuragic temple of Domu De Orgia (Esterzili):
October 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Date: approximately 10th-8th century BC. She closely resembles other statuettes, such as the female figurines discovered at the Nuragic temple of Domu De Orgia (Esterzili):
Bronze Nuragic statuette depicting a female offerer/priestess.
The figurine wears a long robe emblellished with ruffles that covers her torso and legs, she also wears a mantle. Her hair is parted in the middle.
It was donated by Cardinal Alessandro Albani (1662-1779) to the Kircherian Museum.
The figurine wears a long robe emblellished with ruffles that covers her torso and legs, she also wears a mantle. Her hair is parted in the middle.
It was donated by Cardinal Alessandro Albani (1662-1779) to the Kircherian Museum.
October 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Bronze Nuragic statuette depicting a female offerer/priestess.
The figurine wears a long robe emblellished with ruffles that covers her torso and legs, she also wears a mantle. Her hair is parted in the middle.
It was donated by Cardinal Alessandro Albani (1662-1779) to the Kircherian Museum.
The figurine wears a long robe emblellished with ruffles that covers her torso and legs, she also wears a mantle. Her hair is parted in the middle.
It was donated by Cardinal Alessandro Albani (1662-1779) to the Kircherian Museum.
Ruins of the Nuragic holy well temple of Is Clamoris, Escalaplano, South-East Sardinia.
The temple is made of scyst, marlstone and of well-cut blocks of travertine, a non-local stone.
Date: 12th-10th century BC.
Unfortunately only a small part of the original structure is left.
The temple is made of scyst, marlstone and of well-cut blocks of travertine, a non-local stone.
Date: 12th-10th century BC.
Unfortunately only a small part of the original structure is left.
October 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Ruins of the Nuragic holy well temple of Is Clamoris, Escalaplano, South-East Sardinia.
The temple is made of scyst, marlstone and of well-cut blocks of travertine, a non-local stone.
Date: 12th-10th century BC.
Unfortunately only a small part of the original structure is left.
The temple is made of scyst, marlstone and of well-cut blocks of travertine, a non-local stone.
Date: 12th-10th century BC.
Unfortunately only a small part of the original structure is left.
Also, a huge number of precious votive offerings was found inside the Nuraghe, including this beautiful bronze askos (left), very similar to that from another Nuragic site, Sa Sedda 'E Sos Carros (right).
June 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Also, a huge number of precious votive offerings was found inside the Nuraghe, including this beautiful bronze askos (left), very similar to that from another Nuragic site, Sa Sedda 'E Sos Carros (right).
Another interesting feature of this site: a series of bronze spear points marked the path to the sacred pool.
June 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Another interesting feature of this site: a series of bronze spear points marked the path to the sacred pool.
Unfortunately this remarkable sacred Nuragic pool was blown up by looters and not much remains of it today. Truly a shame.
June 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Unfortunately this remarkable sacred Nuragic pool was blown up by looters and not much remains of it today. Truly a shame.
The sacred spring inside the Nuraghe's courtyard:
June 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The sacred spring inside the Nuraghe's courtyard:
The nuraghe Nurdole of Orani (Sardinia) is located 730 meters above sea level. Despite its height, a spring flows inside the courtyard. Around 1200 BC, the spring was consecrated with the construction of the aforementioned small canal and the large paved lustral basin.
June 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The nuraghe Nurdole of Orani (Sardinia) is located 730 meters above sea level. Despite its height, a spring flows inside the courtyard. Around 1200 BC, the spring was consecrated with the construction of the aforementioned small canal and the large paved lustral basin.
Water reached the pool through a complex hydraulic system, it was conveyed by a small channel and fed into the pool through a drain. The pool itself was perfectly paved with trachyte slabs. It contained holes for emptying and cleaning the pool.
June 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Water reached the pool through a complex hydraulic system, it was conveyed by a small channel and fed into the pool through a drain. The pool itself was perfectly paved with trachyte slabs. It contained holes for emptying and cleaning the pool.
Nuragic sacred pool made out of finely worked trachyte blocks Nuraghe Nurdole, date: 12th-9th century BC.
The Nuraghe itself was built before the sacred water basin, around the 15th-13th century BC.
The Nuraghe itself was built before the sacred water basin, around the 15th-13th century BC.
June 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Nuragic sacred pool made out of finely worked trachyte blocks Nuraghe Nurdole, date: 12th-9th century BC.
The Nuraghe itself was built before the sacred water basin, around the 15th-13th century BC.
The Nuraghe itself was built before the sacred water basin, around the 15th-13th century BC.
The tomb was cut out of granite, which likely would have required significant effort:
May 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The tomb was cut out of granite, which likely would have required significant effort:
Benetutti, Sardinia.
Carved ceiling imitating the wooden roof of a Neolithic house inside the domus de janas (i.e. = rock-cut tomb) of Sos Molimentos, 4000-3000 BC.
Carved ceiling imitating the wooden roof of a Neolithic house inside the domus de janas (i.e. = rock-cut tomb) of Sos Molimentos, 4000-3000 BC.
May 29, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Benetutti, Sardinia.
Carved ceiling imitating the wooden roof of a Neolithic house inside the domus de janas (i.e. = rock-cut tomb) of Sos Molimentos, 4000-3000 BC.
Carved ceiling imitating the wooden roof of a Neolithic house inside the domus de janas (i.e. = rock-cut tomb) of Sos Molimentos, 4000-3000 BC.
Temple B, Nuragic sanctuary of S'Arcu 'E is Forros in Sardinia, date: end of the Bronze Age around 1200-1000 BC. In its innermost chamber there's a bichrome altar made of basalt and red sandstone, where human faces were sculpted along with a nuraghe's terrace-shaped hearth.
April 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Temple B, Nuragic sanctuary of S'Arcu 'E is Forros in Sardinia, date: end of the Bronze Age around 1200-1000 BC. In its innermost chamber there's a bichrome altar made of basalt and red sandstone, where human faces were sculpted along with a nuraghe's terrace-shaped hearth.
Eneolithic traces of ploughing in the sites of Pievesestina and Provezza in the province of Forlì-Cesena, Italy. They date approximately to 2800-2200 BC.
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April 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Eneolithic traces of ploughing in the sites of Pievesestina and Provezza in the province of Forlì-Cesena, Italy. They date approximately to 2800-2200 BC.
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Hypogeum 1 of the Domus de Janas complex of Monte Airadu in Romana, Sardinia. A double pitched roof was carved to depict that of a Neolithic house, on the walls there are several motifs that may represent stylized bull heads and a false door. Date: approximately 4000-3000 BC.
April 2, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Hypogeum 1 of the Domus de Janas complex of Monte Airadu in Romana, Sardinia. A double pitched roof was carved to depict that of a Neolithic house, on the walls there are several motifs that may represent stylized bull heads and a false door. Date: approximately 4000-3000 BC.
Bronze sculpture depicting a dog with a collar biting a deer's neck, discovered in the vestibule of the Nuragic temple of Domu De Orgia in the Sardinian municipality of Esterzili. Date: approximately 1000 - 750 BC.
April 2, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Bronze sculpture depicting a dog with a collar biting a deer's neck, discovered in the vestibule of the Nuragic temple of Domu De Orgia in the Sardinian municipality of Esterzili. Date: approximately 1000 - 750 BC.
Roughly 1000 years later, during the Nuragic period, at least 5 giants' tombs, that is, monumental collective tombs, were built near the abandoned settlement:
April 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Roughly 1000 years later, during the Nuragic period, at least 5 giants' tombs, that is, monumental collective tombs, were built near the abandoned settlement:
Ruins of houses and other structures of the Monte Claro culture settlement of Monte Pranu in Sardinia, date: 2700-2200 BC.
Monte Pranu is an artificial lake located in the municipality of Tratalias.
Monte Pranu is an artificial lake located in the municipality of Tratalias.
April 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Ruins of houses and other structures of the Monte Claro culture settlement of Monte Pranu in Sardinia, date: 2700-2200 BC.
Monte Pranu is an artificial lake located in the municipality of Tratalias.
Monte Pranu is an artificial lake located in the municipality of Tratalias.
Tomb 8 consists of 6 rooms, and is one of the 9 known hypogea in the Puttu Codinu necropolis:
April 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Tomb 8 consists of 6 rooms, and is one of the 9 known hypogea in the Puttu Codinu necropolis:
In the same room, a carved false door features a double horn-like motif:
April 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
In the same room, a carved false door features a double horn-like motif:
Tomb 8 of the Neolithic necropolis of Puttu Codinu in the Sardinian village of Villanova Monteleone.
It features the representation of a wooden roof with a central ridge beam and seven slightly curved lateral beams. A female statuette was found in it. Date: 3500 - 3000 BC.
It features the representation of a wooden roof with a central ridge beam and seven slightly curved lateral beams. A female statuette was found in it. Date: 3500 - 3000 BC.
April 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Tomb 8 of the Neolithic necropolis of Puttu Codinu in the Sardinian village of Villanova Monteleone.
It features the representation of a wooden roof with a central ridge beam and seven slightly curved lateral beams. A female statuette was found in it. Date: 3500 - 3000 BC.
It features the representation of a wooden roof with a central ridge beam and seven slightly curved lateral beams. A female statuette was found in it. Date: 3500 - 3000 BC.
Domus De Janas of Noeddale, tomb 1, near the village of Ossi in Sardinia. Tomb 1 is part of a larger necropolis with 6 hypogea, it includes 11 rooms, the main one is shaped like a house with a carved ridge beam and cross beams depicting a double-pitched roof.
Date: 4000-3000 BC.
Date: 4000-3000 BC.
March 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Domus De Janas of Noeddale, tomb 1, near the village of Ossi in Sardinia. Tomb 1 is part of a larger necropolis with 6 hypogea, it includes 11 rooms, the main one is shaped like a house with a carved ridge beam and cross beams depicting a double-pitched roof.
Date: 4000-3000 BC.
Date: 4000-3000 BC.