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What archaeologists know about the nuragic culture in the Sardinian Bronze Age is obtained mostly from the remaining foundations of structures, the nuraghi, the nuragic villages, the sanctuaries, the grave structures, and the objects (artefacts) found during excavations of these structures, like earthenware and artefacts in bronze and stone that have been preserved in the course of centuries. Much of what humans have been using in the past has vanished: organic materials like wood and straw, iron artefacts or weapons (through rust), textiles and leather. The most important smaller finds have found their way to museums in Sardinia or outside. ... read on

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1. Cagliari: The back of the tower is open with stairs leading to platforms. Note the wooden beams used. ...

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Nuraghe Losa is one of the complex nuraghi in Sardinia. The nuraghe consists of a central tower, estimated at 19 metres of height with three floors, and three additional towers of two floors. As opposed to the most complex nuraghi Nuraghe Losa does not have an internal courtyard. ... read on


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17-08-2010: Relaunching RSS feeds for Tharros.info

For some time now the site did not have a working RSS feed. That has now changed and RSS is relaunched again. The incentive really came from the implementation of a new flashxml component on the main page. ...
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