'Giant's tomb' dating back nearly 4,000 years discovered in Italy as archaeologists make stunning discovery

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Giant's tomb' dating back nearly 4,000 years discovered in Italy as archaeologists make stunning discovery.

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Archaeologists in Sardinia have uncovered a Tomb of the Giants at the Carrarzu Iddia site in the municipality of Bortigali, near the town of Macomer in the province of Nuoro.The monument had been entirely concealed beneath dense vegetation for years before being identified during survey work.The find was made by Sardinia's two Superintendences of Archaeology, Fine Arts, and Landscape, which had already been carrying out excavation and restoration at a nuraghe on the same site.

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Once the tomb was located, the superintendences coordinated with local landowners to clear away the overgrowth and debris obscuring the structure.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Situated on the southern slope of Crastu Littu at roughly 740 metres above sea level, the site commands sweeping views across the Macomer plain, the Abbasanta and Paulilatino highlands, and as far as the Gulf of Oristano.The funerary structure, built from trachyte blocks, has survived in what archaeologists describe as exceptional...

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