NurhagatSantaBarbaraSardinia。

　　TheoriginoftheNURHAGSisasuncertainastheiruse。DiodorusSiculusconsideredthemveryancient，andonefacthascometolightinourdaywhichenablesustoarriveatasomewhatmoreexactdecision。TheislandofSardiniawastakenbytheRomansfromtheCarthaginiansin238B。C。，andanaqueduct，theruinsofwhichcanstillbeseen，wasbuiltbytheconquerorsonthefoundationsofanancientNURHAG，sothatthelattermustbelongtoanearlierlatethanthethirdcenturybeforeourera。Fergusson，whospeakswithauthorityoneverythingrelatingtothemonumentsoftheStoneage，assignstheNURHAGStothemystictimesoftheTrojanWar。Inallprobabilitytheywerebuiltbyaninvadingpeople。LaMarmorathinkstheseinvadersweretheLibyans；M。deRougemont，inhishistoryoftheBronzeage，saysthatthecurvedvaultisthecharacteristicfeatureofPelasgianarchitecture，whichisoftenconfoundedwiththatofthePhoenicians。Althoughanyfinalconclusionwouldbepremature，weourselvesthinkthatthebuildersoftheNURHAGSbelongedtothegreatstreamofemigrationfromtheEast，thecourseofwhichismarkedbymegalithicmonumentsinsomanypartsoftheworld。Insomeinstances，NURHAGSweresurroundedbycromlechs，ofwhichmostofthestoneshavenowbeenthrowndown。Someofthesestonesboreprominencesresemblingthebreastsofawoman。

　　TheaccumulationsofearthandrubbishabouttheNURHAGSare，someofthem，fromsixtotenfeethigh。Inthelowerdepositshavebeenfoundcoarsepottery，withnoattemptatornamentation，fragmentsofflint，andobsidianhatchetsofblackbasalt，orporphyryofthePalaeolithictype，arrow-head，flintknives，stonesusedinslings，andnumerousshells；whilstintheupperdepositswerepickedupblackpotteryandfragmentsofbronzebelongingtothetransitionperiodbetweentheStoneandMetalages。

　　AllovertheislandofSardinia，sidebysidewiththeNURHAGS，risetombstowhichhavebeengiventhenameofSEPOLTUREDEIGIGANTI。Theyarefromthirty-twotothirty-ninefeetlongbyanearlyequalwidth，andarebuilt，。someofhugeslabsofstone，someofstonesofsmallersize。Theyareineverycasesurmountedbyapediment，formedofasingleblock，andoftencoveredwithsculpturesdatingfromdifferentepochs。ThesesepulchresarecertainlyoflaterdatethantheNURHAGS，andinthemhavebeenfoundnumerousimplementsofbronze，butnoneofstone。

　　“Talayoti“atTrepucoMinorca。

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