Three former “fairy houses” over 5,000 years old discovered in Sardinia

According to local officials.

The discovery was announced by the superintendence of archeology, the fine arts and the landscape of the provinces of Sassari and Nuoro on July 29.

Sardinia, an Italian island in the Mediterranean, just in the south of Corsica in France, is famous for its beaches and ancient ruins.

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Fairies – known as Domus de Janas in Sardian – go back over 5,000 years at the end of the Neolithic and copper.

The name comes from local folklore, which imagined the rooms as homes for magic beings. Despite the fanciful name, the structures are actually tombs.

Archaeologists in Sardinia have discovered three new “fairy houses” or Domus de Janas. These old tombs of rocks go back over 5,000 years. (Overness of archeology, fine arts and landscape for the provinces of Sassari and Nuoro)

Before the last excavation, archaeologists had found 17 of these tombs.

The officials said that certain geographic characteristics have helped archaeologists to identify the new structures, which bears the number of Domus of Janas known to 20.

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“The characteristics of the soil between (two tombs) … suggested the presence of a new tomb still unexplored,” noted the press release.

“The excavations have indeed highlighted three new Domus de Janas … arranged as a fan from the tomb of the home.”

“This new discovery enriches the knowledge of Janas’s Domus.”

The images show that archaeologists crouch in the tombs cut in rock, carefully find the characteristics and the artifacts.

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The superintendence of Sassari and Nuoro reported that “many significant discoveries” have been discovered, including picosaxes, a spindle verticille and a small ax of green stone.

Archaeologists also came across obsidian fragments and pottery bursts. The most complex house – nicknamed falls from Roman vases – contained a painted wall band, officials said.

Archaeologists noted that the land between the previous graves has shown characteristics suggesting more rooms, which led to the last Sardinian excavation. (Overness of archeology, fine arts and landscape for the provinces of Sassari and Nuoro)

It also contained more than 30 ceramic pieces from the Roman era, including plates, oil lamps and jugs. The declaration described all artifacts as “in excellent condition”.

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“This new discovery enriches the knowledge of the Domus of Janas – tombs sculpted in a rock which often reproduces, in relief, the details of the houses of living and symbolic decorations linked to religious magic rituals,” added the declaration of officials.

Together, the tombs are part of a broader area called the archaeological complex of Sant’andrea Priu, which was recently recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Domus of Janas are part of the Archaeological Complex of Sant’andrea Priu, now recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Overness of archeology, fine arts and landscape for the provinces of Sassari and Nuoro)

In another recent Italian discovery, archaeologists have found a high grave about 30 miles north of Rome – an unusual discovery that had not been looted.

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In Rome, the excavators found an old apartment building built decades before the birth of Christ.