Giants of Mont'e Prama - Wikipedia
The Giants of Mont'e Prama (Italian: Giganti di Mont'e Prama; Sardinian: Zigantes de Mont'e Prama [1] [dziˈɣantɛz dɛ ˈmɔntɛ ˈβɾama]) are ancient stone sculptures created by the Nuragic civilization of Sardinia, Italy.
Archaeologists Unearth 3,000-Year-Old Giant Statues in Sardinian ...
2022年5月11日 · Archaeologists Unearth 3,000-Year-Old Giant Statues in Sardinian Necropolis. The seven-foot statues have expressionless faces—and a mysterious history
2 Giants Found in Ancient Graveyard Could Have Been Bodyguards
2022年5月16日 · The mysterious Bronze Age giants were found at a necropolis near Mont'e Prama in Cabras, a small town in the western part of the island of Sardinia.
The Giants of Mont’e Prama - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
2023年5月25日 · The imposing group of sculptures, known as the Giants of Mont’e Prama, are currently dated between 900–750 BCE. Remarkably, they are the only examples of stone statuary discovered so far from the Nuragic period, unparalleled at any other site on the island.
Sardinia, the land of Giants - SardegnaTurismo
Sardinia, the land of Giants Legend becomes reality, with human forms forged into huge stone statues dating back to three thousand years ago, found in the hills of Mont'e Prama, in the enchanting peninsula of Sinis, in central-western Sardinia
Giants' grave - Wikipedia
Giants' grave (Italian: tomba dei giganti; Sardinian: tumba de zigantes or gigantis) is the name given by local people and archaeologists to a type of Sardinian megalithic gallery grave built during the Bronze Age by the Nuragic civilization.
Mont'e Prama, The Giants Of Sardinia: 5 Best Things To Know
2022年7月4日 · Who Are The Giants Of Sardinia? The Giants of Sardinia are a group of statues that have been found in Monti Prama (or Mont’e Prama), nearby Cabras (in the Oristano province). They are huge sculptures, from 2 meters (6.5 feet) to 2.5 meters (8.2 feet) tall, very finely decorated with geometric motives.
These 3,000-year-old giants watched over the cemeteries of Sardinia
2021年11月3日 · These 3,000-year-old giants watched over the cemeteries of Sardinia. Crafted in the Iron Age, dozens of massive stone statues lay broken beneath a field in Mont'e Prama.
Archaeologists discover 3,000-year-old Mont’e Prama stone giants
2022年5月12日 · Archaeologists have found 3,000-year-old stone giants at the Mont’e Prama necropolis in Sardinia. The necropolis is situated on the slopes of Mont’e Prama, a hill divided into the parallelepiped-shaped complex and the serpentine-shaped complex, towered by a …
A Giant Boxer from Mont’e Prama: A Major Loan from Sardinia
A case in the Greek and Roman galleries on display near the Giant features a selection of works from The Met’s collection that illustrate this ideology, focusing in particular on cultures in central Italy.