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The necropolis of Tuvixeddu is the largest still existing Punic necropolis. It extends in the city of Cagliari, on the whole hill of the same name, and is included between the district that grew along the avenue Sant'Avendrace and that of via Is Maglias. The archaeological area is very large, originally it insisted on a surface of about 80 hectares that extended from the lagoon of Santa Gilla up to Via Is Maglias and from Viale Sant'Avendrace up to Viale Merello. The name tuvixeddu means "hill of small holes", from the Sardinian term tuvu to "cavity", "empty", "hole", due precisely to the presence of the numerous tombs dug into the calcareous rock. The site has been frequented by man since Neolithic times, as shown by the findings of flint and obsidian tools and ceramics and huts from the culture of Ozieri. Between the VI and the III century a.C. the Carthaginians chose the hill to bury their dead: such burials could be reached through a well dug entirely in the limestone rock and deep from two and a half meters up to eleven meters. Inside the well a small opening introduced to the burial chamber or sepulchral cell. The funeral rooms were, in some cases, finely decorated, and they were found inside equally decorated amphorae; moreover, ampoules were found where fragrant essences were put, called tears. Sc: www.wikipedia.it
The necropolis of Tuvixeddu is the largest still existing Punic necropolis. It extends in the city of Cagliari, on the whole hill of the same name, and is included between the district that grew along the avenue Sant'Avendrace and that of via Is Maglias. The archaeological area is very large, originally it insisted on a surface of about 80 hectares that extended from the lagoon of Santa Gilla up to Via Is Maglias and from Viale Sant'Avendrace up to Viale Merello. The name tuvixeddu means "hill of small holes", from the Sardinian term tuvu to "cavity", "empty", "hole", due precisely to the presence of the numerous tombs dug into the calcareous rock. The site has been frequented by man since Neolithic times, as shown by the findings of flint and obsidian tools and ceramics and huts from the culture of Ozieri. Between the VI and the III century a.C. the Carthaginians chose the hill to bury their dead: such burials could be reached through a well dug entirely in the limestone rock and deep from two and a half meters up to eleven meters. Inside the well a small opening introduced to the burial chamber or sepulchral cell. The funeral rooms were, in some cases, finely decorated, and they were found inside equally decorated amphorae; moreover, ampoules were found where fragrant essences were put, called tears. Sc: www.wikipedia.it
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