A Mesopotamian Ziggurat or Ancient Pyramid in Sardinia: Monte D'Accoddi | Ancient Architects

Описание: A recent article on the brilliant website ancient-origins.net, which I've linked below, made me aware of the somewhat mysterious and long history of a structure known as Monte D’Accoddi, a pyramidal-type structure on the island of Sardinia with origins that date back to the 4th millennium BC, making it older than the official date given to the pyramids of Egypt.

It’s a structure we should all really know about, yet unless you have a specific interest in Sardinian history, you may never have heard of this ancient site. It is known as the Prehistoric Altar of Monte D’Accoddi and there is nothing else quite like it in the whole of Europe, and because of its size and how it looks, it has been compared to a Mesopotamian Ziggurat or a type of stepped pyramid.

Experts say the earliest phase of construction dates to 4,000 to 3,650 BC, with a second phase - the ziggurat - being built around 2,800 BC.

The whole archaeological complex is fascinating and is still not greatly understood, with standing stones including the Great Menhir, a dolmen structure with clear and obvious acoustic properties and many other residential structures.

It was a site of animal sacrifice and there was also a human burial nearby. Not too far away, there is a hypogeum and there is also an egg-shaped stone that has been moved into the Monte D'Accoddi site.

This site is typical of Sardinia - the whole history of the island is little understood and incredibly ancient and we still have so much to learn. But the big question remains - why is there a ziggurat on Sardinia? Watch the video now and please subscribe.

All images are taken from Google Images for educational purposes only. Some images may originate from megalithomania.co.uk also.

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Some of the sources used:
https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancie...
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/anc...