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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
*Embellished, typo.
October 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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
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
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
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
The sacred spring inside the Nuraghe's courtyard:
June 14, 2025 at 12:48 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.
June 14, 2025 at 12:40 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.
June 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The tomb was cut out of granite, which likely would have required significant effort:
May 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
April 2, 2025 at 9:53 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:
April 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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
In the same room, a carved false door features a double horn-like motif:
April 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM