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Sa Sedda 'e Carros, the dead buried near the cove of Sa Oche

In the Supramonte of Oliena, just in the Lanaitto valley, there is a Giant's tomb set near the entrance of the cave of Sa Oche. In proximity of the site there are the rests of a nuraghic village, known with the name (...)

The signs left by the other invaders

The Roman rule ended with the invasion of Vandals in 455 A.C. Then it was the turn of the Byzantines (533 A.C) with an interlude of Goths (since 552 to 578 A.C.) afterwards Saracens (704) and Pisans (1216). (...)

The first peoples coming from sea

Since the VIII century B.C., until the accession of Cartagine (during the second half of the VI century B.C.), the Phoenicians laid in Sardinia some commercial basis among the current Cagliari, Sant'Antioco and Bosa. (...)

The four kingdoms called Giudicati

Between the half of the IX and the beginning of the X century A.C., Sardinia was carved up into four kingdoms called Giudicati: that of Calari (the current Cagliari) was politivally near to the Maritime (...)

The flag and the emblem of the Four Moors

In according with what is preserved in museums and archives, the first time the emblem of the Four Moors appeared on an official document goes back to 1281: lead seals of the Aragonese Chancellery have been appened on texts, under Pietro. (...)

The Sardinians of the flourishing nuraghic civilization

The nuraghic civilization began developping in Sardinia around the XVIII century B.C., during the Bronze Age. It takes the name from the nuragh, the typical tower construction, which characterized our island. Beyond the megalithic constructions and the many finds found in the whole island, of that period there aren't traces of writings. We don't know how they communicated but certainly they knew how to work very good metals, particularly the bronze. (...)