Mystery Of The Giants’ Grave of Coddu Vecchiu

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Some say these are the graves of the giants that walked the Earth in the distant past.

Are the mysterious tombstones remnants of the legendary lost continent of Atlantis?

The Giants' Grave of Coddu Vecchiu. The stele consists of two large stones carved in bas-relief and contains the entrance to the tombI. mage credit:  Michel Royon - CC BY-SA 3.0

There are several unanswered questions concerning the Giants' graves, or Tomba dei gigantic in Sardinia. Who constructed the massive tombstones, and for what purpose? Were they used as mass graves?

So far, researchers have located 321 such monuments in Sardinia, including the one at Coddu Vecchiu.

The tombs are made of a central stele, a stone or wooden slab, with a hole cut into it that functions as the entrance. Walls extend from the door and form an interior corridor grave. Scientists have not yet adequately investigated the tombs and are still shrouded in mystery.

People who visited the tombstones have spoken about the positive energy surrounding the giants' graves and providing spiritual rejuvenation.

According to ancient legends, these were the tombs of mighty giants that lived in the area.

Coddu Vecchiu archeological site, near Arzachena, Sardegna, Italy. The megaliths of the forecourt form a semicircle. Image credit: pjt56 - CC BY-SA 3.0

One of the tombs is over 100 feet tall, suggesting a giant could have been buried there.

Sardinia is rich in ancient history and home to several mysterious stones, statues, and mysteries.

According to Miroslav Provod, "throughout the territory of the Italian island of Sardinia, historians have counted over seven thousand Nuraghes, which are wondrous ancient "beacons."

A 3D model of how the site may have once looked. Image credit: cristianocani  - CC BY 2.0

These buildings were built from large; often, several-ton weighing stones laid on each other without mortar and are hollow in their center.

The essence of all megalithic structures is the racking up material over the energy space to form a standard charge. The areas around the Nuraghes contained enough stones, so they were used as a building material. The vertically tapered construction ensures stability, especially when not using mortar - the interior space could be used as dolmens to supplement the body's energy. Nuraghes worked as menhirs and other megalithic structures, but their excessive concentration has not been explained. Similar conical structures - called Brooches - were built in Scotland."

Sardinia is also famous for the remarkable Giants of Monte Prama. Shortly after the astonishing discovery, these mysterious ancient statues were deliberately hidden in the basement of a museum.

In 1974, remarkable ancient stone sculptures were accidentally discovered in farmland near Monte Prama, Sardinia. There is very little knowledge about these statues, which are unique in size and material. The figures are finally in an exhibition open to the public.

Researchers believe they belong to the Nuragic civilization, which flourished in Sardinia for two millennia until the second century AD. Excavations revealed 30 gigantic stone statues, about two meters high.

The connection between the enormous graves, legends of giants, and Atlantis is an intriguing subject worth exploring further. Sardinia still holds many secrets of the past.

Written by – A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com Senior Staff Writer

Updated on August 1, 2022

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