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This museum is an essential complement to the visit to the city of Nora. The centrepiece of the collection is the gold foil with a “gorgoneion” (Gorgon’s head), which is also the museum’s logo: it was found in a chamber tomb of the Punic necropolis in Nora.The museum, housed in a period building in the historic centre of Pula, displays the finds from the ancient city of Nora and the surrounding area. Nora started off as a Phoenician and then Punic seaport, and later became a Roman city. It was inhabited from the 7th century B.C. to the 8th A.D., when the Arab raids led its citizens to flee to the interior. The Museum provides interesting insights into the colonisation of the area and the founding of Nora, the earliest city in Sardinia, and traces its life along the centuries, as told by daily use objects and by those concerning religious beliefs, rituals, and funerary rites. One section of the museum houses the steles of the Punic tophet, ranging from the 5th to the 3rd centuries B.C., accompanied by 19th-century photos of the excavation campaigns. Another interesting section has underwater finds: amphorae, anchors and Punic and Roman pottery. Sc: http://www.sardegnaturismo.it
This museum is an essential complement to the visit to the city of Nora. The centrepiece of the collection is the gold foil with a “gorgoneion” (Gorgon’s head), which is also the museum’s logo: it was found in a chamber tomb of the Punic necropolis in Nora.The museum, housed in a period building in the historic centre of Pula, displays the finds from the ancient city of Nora and the surrounding area. Nora started off as a Phoenician and then Punic seaport, and later became a Roman city. It was inhabited from the 7th century B.C. to the 8th A.D., when the Arab raids led its citizens to flee to the interior. The Museum provides interesting insights into the colonisation of the area and the founding of Nora, the earliest city in Sardinia, and traces its life along the centuries, as told by daily use objects and by those concerning religious beliefs, rituals, and funerary rites. One section of the museum houses the steles of the Punic tophet, ranging from the 5th to the 3rd centuries B.C., accompanied by 19th-century photos of the excavation campaigns. Another interesting section has underwater finds: amphorae, anchors and Punic and Roman pottery. Sc: http://www.sardegnaturismo.it
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