I visited Italy 2 years ago. My home base was on the Island of La Maddalena. This is raw beauty, I have always appreciated the painting of Parrish. I thought that the rocky scenes, the colors of the terrain, and the crystal waters depicted in his paintings were the fantasy of his mind. I discovered this beauty in the Mediterranean.

This is one of the lovely beaches on the island of Sardinia. This is a paradise.

The vendors in Italy loved to see me coming. If you manage to visit Italy, you will not have the full experience if you don't visit one of the street markets that occur in every city at least one day during the week.

The nuraghi stone monuments of Italy gained my undivided attention. I made a number of visits to various Nuraghi sites throughout Sardinia.

This picture is of Lie Lolghi, and it is Sardinia's largest Giant's Tomb.

Sardinia is a beautiful Mediterranean island and is a vast field of investigation for archaeologists and archaeologist "wantabes" (like me). All ask who are the mythic Shardana? Why are there over 7,000 ancient towers called "nuraghi" (older than the Scottish "brochs")? Who were the builders of the so called "giant's tombs"? The locals call the rock cut tombs fairy and witch houses because of the magical energy associated with them.

Lie Lolghi is Sardinia's largest Giant's Tomb (tomba di giganti). These monuments were constructed all over the island -mainly by the Nuraghi builders- from about 1900 BC until the destructive nearly one thousand years later due to an invasion by Carthage. The first Giant's Tombs, however, could date from the second half of the 3rd millennium BC, and could have been used up to the end of the Iron Age. The Li Lolghi, was built in the middle of the Bronze Age.

The stones around these monuments have an "unusual" energy. Scientists have visited these sites to determine if the energy could be measured. Whatever the energy is, there are many reports of spontaneous healings occurring after people have touched the rocks on the monuments. Perhaps those buried in these tombs knew secrets of energy that we are only beginning to discover about the human energy system..

This collective burial chamber is very long, with a series of uprights and it was once covered with stones or earth. The burial chamber looks to me like a depiction of a womb, representing the birthing to a new dimension. The tomb is like the one at Coddu Vecchiu. It features a horned semi-circular front court which was probably used as a meeting place for rituals. The shapes of the tombs' wedged ends are reminiscent of Minorcan monuments.

The Coddu Vecchiu Giant's Tomb its entrance has a carved stone slab, a horizontal slab, and an arch above; a small opening at the base was blocked by a stone. I attempted to enter the opening of one of the tombs I discovered in Northern Sardinia, but was unsuccessful. I thought that perhaps entering without proper ritual, was a sacrilege.

An experiment conducted at a site I visited in Northern Sardinia involved an accidental discovery. If you visit Italy you will discover that ice is not readily available. When traveling one may freeze drinks to insure themselves cool refreshment when stopping for a rest. It so happened that scientists traveling about to study the Nuraghi tombs, and archeological sites did just that, froze water for a refreshing drink. During their investigation which involved instruments that resembled geiger counters (according to the guide) a bottle of frozen water was placed on one of the rocks for convenience. To the scientist's surprise, the water boiled in the bottle.. The rocks were not hot, but the water was inexplicably boiling in the bottle on the rocks. Apparently the scientists were not able to detect any energy which was measurable, thought they certainly had a first hand account.

Built from 2300 BC onwards, Sardinian Giant's Tombs have undergone many repairs over many years, and the ultimate plans for restoration will likely take lots of money, and manpower.. At Coddu Vecchiu the front court is about 41 ft wide and is composed of 11 upright slabs; the chamber is almost 33 ft long. The tombs I visited were likely victims of those seeking fortune, perhaps gold and jewels. Apparently there are plans to attempt to re-establish the original image of these creations, or so how they are assumed to have appeared.

This is the Giant's Tomb
at Coddu Vecchiu.

There is a lot more to the Nuraghi structures. I will place one more picture here for your viewing pleasure.

This is an interesting over-view of a Nuraghi site. Throughout Sardinia and La Maddalena you will find small metal sculptures for sale in the tourist gift shops. These sculpture were buried with the Nuraghi. Each sculpture appears to depict the person's standing, or position in their culture.

I would love to take a group to Sardinia, La Maddalena, and Corsica to visit these mysterious sites, and many other mystical hideaways nestled in the dramatic landscape of these Mediterranean islands.