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19-Sep-2024 Jola Dziubinska

Tomb Of The Moru Giants

Arzachena, Sardinia, Italy

Giants' tombs in Sardinia were usually built near a village or a residential settlement with nuraghe whose funerary needs they fulfilled.
The Moru tomb is located near the Albucciu nuraghe (close to town of Arzachena) to which it was relevant.
It is an example of a megalithic collective burial from the Nuragic Age and dates back to Middle Bronze (18-16 century BC) in its first construction phase, up to recent Bronze (around the 13th century BC).
This tomb consists of a rectangular burial chamber (11.5 m long and 5.20 m wide).
It was intended to house the buried dead, placed inside from above, removing one of the tabular plates (which originally covered it, today only one remains).
The Moru tomb was discovered in 1988 during work to expand the country road that runs along it.
The Giants' graves were the collective tombs from the Bronze Age and can be found throughout Sardinia, with 800 being discovered by now.


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joseantonio20-Jul-2025 02:39
nicely framed capture.V.
Kuriacose Joseph20-Jul-2025 01:26
Interesting to find out about tombs from the Bronze age in Sardinia.
Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography19-Jul-2025 23:53
Cool shot, nice framing, Voted.
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