Tomba di Giganti Li Lolghi
Li Lolghi Giant's Grave
Early to Middle Bronze Age·Nuragic·🇮🇹 Sardinia, Gallura, Arzachena, Italy
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About Tomba di Giganti Li Lolghi
Giants' Tomb at Li Lolghi plateau near Arzachena, distinct for more ogival exedra and 3.5 m rounded portal stele with architectural frame decoration, fronting 9.5 m gallery grave of stacked granite slabs. Mound and exedra of carefully dressed granite. Associated nuragic ritual landscape 1.5 km from Coddu Vecchiu but different stele style suggesting chronological or workshop variation c.1800–1500 BCE. Preserved with vegetation cleared for visitors.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Stele stylistic difference vs Coddu Vecchiu — same culture?
Theories
- 01Workshop signature indicating villages' competitive display
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 1800–1500 BCE
- Period
- Early to Middle Bronze Age
- Culture
- Nuragic
- Purpose
- Collective tomb with ceremonial exedra
- Abandoned
- c.1200 BCE
- Rediscovered
- Excavated 1960s Ferarese Ceruti
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 1800–1500 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1306 CE
Abandonment
On the ground
Structures & features
41.0681° N · 9.3367° E · 160 m · 1 mapped feature
Portal Stele
stele3.5 m arched stele with frame border
41.0681° N · 9.3367° E
Gallery