The mysterious Nuraji civilization in Sardinia

Throughout the ancient Sardinia, the story of indigenous Miao civilization was covered by unsolved mysteries.

Although people can check their carefully assembled buildings, megalithic tombs and elaborate works of art and statues, the greatest ideas still exist.

How did these ancient bronze men relate to other civilizations in the early iron age? In order to determine these answers, we must start with Nowraji, which is arguably the most famous part. Future generations left their Nowraji structures or towers, of which about 7,000 were found on the island, but as many as 30, 65,438+0,000 may have been built.

Although the architecture of Sardinia is similar to many other buildings in the Mediterranean, their structures are the most primitive and solemn.

These buildings are round, and the most common ones are flat-topped and truncated roofs similar to those of other ancient residents. However, since this classification can be traced back to BC18th century, some people think that these types of roofs are likely to be maintained and used as terraces.

However, others form a conical honeycomb shape at the top.

The bottom decorative stone is a continuous cylinder, forming a typical building, which includes a corridor, an internal space (about 40 feet in diameter) and a stairwell leading upstairs through the ground entrance.

Some more complex houses also have wells, ground silos or other spaces, which can be used to store liquid or dry food.

? Nuraghe Arubiu (public domain), some nuraghi are as high as niy feet, such as Nuraghe Arubiu (see photo), but many of the earliest erection heights are much lower, and the construction plan is very different from the simplest version.

The plan of different types of nuraghi (acknowledgement: Italo Curzio), the purpose of this structure, to show higher mastery and efficiency in assembly, has been debated (from barns or observatories to temples or fortresses), but some cultural relics found in it (including stone tools, looms, fireplaces, cookers, spindle wheels and animal bones, etc.). ) Let many people come to the conclusion that these buildings are all useful.

Among these buildings, there are several buildings with different complexity, and there is a well and courtyard between them. They are usually surrounded by a wall. It is generally believed that they may be fortresses, which were necessary for territorial protection at that time.

More complex buildings and fortresses.

The most complex group, Nuraghe Santu Antine, Torralba (acknowledgement: Italo Curzio), has developed into settlements, and there are also many complex and diverse shacks, many of which have similar basin-like arrangements, and the surrounding wall water may be preserved, including fenced animals, front masts and turrets, and even watchtowers and other such defense structures.

Pastures, woodlands, mines, religious temples and other assets may accompany most more complex systems.

Sadly, many original buildings are now in ruins. These buildings may not have been excavated before, or they have been destroyed, mainly to use these stones for other purposes, such as roads and modern fences.

Stonehenge tombs, often called "giant tombs", are most common in central Sardinia, although they are evenly distributed.

These tombs may be the resting places of dozens of people, and in some places there may be hundreds of people.

With such a spacious tomb extending up to 60 feet and an outer wall of nearly 90 feet, it can be asserted that the Nowraji people approached the dead very carefully and thought that they had become gods or similar heroes, such as the "tomb of giants".

The gate of the central stone tablet is considered as a barrier between the material world and the afterlife (Wikimedia, some people even suspect that they sleep next to the dead for therapeutic or magical purposes.

Decorated with various stones, caves, betel nuts and other decorative features with controversial spiritual or magical significance, it is widely speculated which residents are buried in the giant's mausoleum.

Older tombs may have little difference in distinguishing residents, while newer developments may include smaller and more specific groups or clans.

Spiritual practice seems to be most often related to the dead, the connection with the afterlife and the ceremony of water, as most architectural discoveries show.

The most interesting thing is to provide benches, stairwells and walls around sacred wells, as well as possible beliefs about the magical characteristics of water in them.

On this basis, there are many Nowraji holy places, or the largest holy springs. It is believed that important meetings have been held in these holy springs, which may involve neighboring countries/warring tribes. Many other buildings and temples have been built around these meetings, and sometimes they are connected with each other.

A large number of brown Zetti statues of the famous Noroji people have been found near or in these areas, which makes people suspect that these statues were left as a form of gratitude in religious ceremonies, or that they hope to gain strength or strength in some life efforts.

The bronze statue of Nurajik civilization (public affairs field) has lived on the island for more than 5,000 years. People must take into account that the Nurajik people may have a prominent position in the trade or exchange practice with other regions. Considering the developing metal at that time, that is, bronze works of art made of stones, rich pottery and bronzes at that time, in this era, the population and occupied areas have a wide range of * * * and similar forms, most of them.

Other examples are soldiers with weapons, shepherds who tend sheep, and even women who are considered to have high spiritual significance. Almost all of them are found with Nowraji daggers around their necks.

There is evidence that the Nowraji people have connections with other parts of the world, but they have also been isolated from the world for some time.

Most of them are later groups, mainly Romans. Although no written evidence of them was found, people later thought that they had no written language, and almost no compiled words seemed to be produced centuries after their oral tradition died out. Most people think that the most important year of decline occurred before the Carthaginian conquest at the end of the 6th century BC.

However, what happened before that important occasion is controversial.

Many people think that the decline of civilization in his later years means a stage of popularization, that is, abandoning the tradition of Nowraji, supporting Phoenicians and others, and finally leaving behind the past Nowraji culture and religious customs.

Others speculate that large-scale destruction or foreign invasion may have occurred, and insist that changes in ecosystems, moral or overall community cohesion, and/or technological events or improvements may be the culprit.

In recent decades, some discoveries in Israel seem to be related to the immigrants of this civilization. Maybe Lee connected the source of the Bible with its origin.

Characteristic image: the famous building of Nuraji civilization.

Sunassee in Banumi has been listed in the UNESCO World Heritage List (public domain) since 1997.

Christine Callihan and Christine C are freelance writers who are engaged in psychology, sociology and religious studies.

Christine likes nature, animals, vegetarian cooking, natural and homemade "do-it-yourself" projects and almost all kinds. Read Mor.