Sardinia’s Ancient Giant Statues Inspired by People with Acromegaly, Study Claims

Sardinia’s Ancient Giant Statues Inspired by People with Acromegaly, Study Claims

One of the Giant statues of Mont’e Prama in Sardinia. Credit: DedaloNur / CC BY-SA 3.0 Massive stone statues unearthed in western Sardinia continue to puzzle archaeologists, decades after their first discovery. Known as the Giants of Mont’e Prama, the figures were carved by the Nuragic people, who inhabited the island from roughly 1800 to 200 BCE. Now, a new study suggests Sardinia’s ancient giant statues may have been inspired by individuals wi…

The impressive sculptures of the Giants of Mont’e Prama, discovered in the lands of Sardinia, continue to intrigue archaeologists and historians. These statues of imposing height, ranging from two to two and a half meters, were created by the Nuragic civilization, which inhabited the island between the 18th and 2nd centuries BC. They represent warriors and archers, figures that are interpreted as guardians or symbols of power and prestige for th…

The Giants of Mont’e Prama are huge sculptures of between two and two and a half meters high created by the Nuragic civilization that inhabited the island of Sardinia between the eighteenth and second centuries BC. The first were found in a necropolis of the municipality of Cabra in 1974, where until today they have followed [...]