Beneath The Tombs Of The Ancients
Take an interesting look at what scholars and travelers have discovered during their visit in Sardinia during the early part of the 20th century. The photo and caption were taken from an article in The National Geographic Magazine written by Helen Dunstan Wright, August 1916 Volume XXX Number Two.
Viewed from a distance, these holes in the mountain side resemble natural caves, but they are the rock-hewn mausoleums of the “nuraghi,” and are known as the “domus de gianas”, or houses of the spirits. In contrast to these burial places are the “giants’ tombs”, crude sarcophagi of the prehistoric inhabitants of Sardinia, from 30 to 40 feet in length and 3-1/2 feet wide and high.
