"Where Bronze Age Sardinians housed generations of their sacred dead"
Giants' Grave of Sa Domu e s'Orcu
Siddi, Sardegna, Italy
In the Marmilla region of southern-central Sardinia, a megalithic gallery grave bears a name that speaks of ancient awe: Sa Domu e s'Orcu—the House of the Ogre. This is one of approximately 800 giants' graves scattered across the island, collective tombs where the Nuragic civilization housed their dead across generations. The curved facade created gathering space; the long gallery held those who had passed.
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Siddi, Sardegna, Italy
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Coordinates
39.6862, 8.8711
Last Updated
Jan 31, 2026
Bronze Age collective tomb (approximately 1600-1200 BCE). One of 800 giants' graves in Sardinia. Exedra facade and burial gallery. Named 'House of the Ogre' in local tradition.
Origin Story
During the Bronze Age, Nuragic communities across Sardinia built megalithic gallery graves for their collective dead. Near what is now Siddi in the Marmilla region, they constructed Sa Domu e s'Orcu—creating an exedra facade where the living could gather and a long gallery where generations of the dead would accumulate. Later Sardinians, encountering the monument, named it the 'House of the Ogre,' attributing to supernatural beings what ordinary humans seemed unable to achieve.
Spiritual Lineage
Built by Nuragic civilization. Part of giants' grave tradition (~800 known examples). No descendant tradition preserves original practices.
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