21 replies to this topic

[tiompan]

Paola & Diego ,thanks for the info and particularly the pics of the Bonorva tomb(s) absolutely stunning .
Many thanks to Mr. Porcu too . Hopefully the right protetive measures will be the outcome .

  George

[Diego]

tiompan, on 21 April 2010 - 18:25, said:

Hopefully the right protetive measures will be the outcome .

Hi George, we are glad you enjoyed our article and Mr Porcu's photos. The tomb is truly stunning, and we are doing our best to spread the word about it.

For those who are too lazy to read the news on the section of this forum (or in our website) we post a couple of images below.

Diego

[shiny]

........Red ochre?

[Pete G]

Diego,
what a fantastic discovery!
This needs opening up and saving properly.
I take it the colours are natural and have not been highlighted?

I'll help spread the word..
Pete

[Diego]

Pete G, on 22 April 2010 - 22:25, said:

I take it the colours are natural and have not been highlighted?

Nobody has touched those painitngs. And I confirm I haven't changed the colour saturation of the photos at all. All I have done is to open up the shadows a bit and uniform the colour balance of some images that had the white balance a bit off (too yellowish).

We have contacted some national newspapers, but we didn't succeed (yet) to convice the Chief Editors to publish that news.

We know for sure next week Dr George Nash of Bristol University (a well known rock art expert) will let us know his opinion about this tomb.

And thanks for spreading the word about it!

Diego

[Pete G]

thanks for the Info Diego.
It has been picked up here
http://www.archaeolo...n-Sardinia.html

Pete

[kevin.b]

Pete G, on 23 April 2010 - 13:23, said:

thanks for the Info Diego.
It has been picked up here
http://www.archaeolo...n-Sardinia.html

Pete

Anybody want to hear an "ALTERNATIVE" thought about this wonderfull find?
Kevin

[harry sivertsen]

Many thanks for these pics and info

What I find amazing is the stone formation of a roof...as a carpenter I look to see whether it is not timber!  If a shipwright I would be looking to see if it was not a section of an inverted boat...Dating here will be very important unless it is shown by geologists that this roof formation is natural...highly unusual but natural.  Otherwise we have a replication of a methodology that is far later than we would associate with such artwork...

We await developments with impatience!

Cheers

Harry

[Pete G]

if the tomb has been filled with concrete I doubt there will be much more in the way of developents unless a major excavation takes place.
Pete

[tiompan]

harry sivertsen, on 23 April 2010 - 16:39, said:

Many thanks for these pics and info

What I find amazing is the stone formation of a roof...as a carpenter I look to see whether it is not timber!  If a shipwright I would be looking to see if it was not a section of an inverted boat...Dating here will be very important unless it is shown by geologists that this roof formation is natural...highly unusual but natural.  Otherwise we have a replication of a methodology that is far later than we would associate with such artwork...

We await developments with impatience!

Cheers

Harry

  The inverted boat style ceiling in stone or plaster  is found in Egypt and China and motifs very similar to  running spirals are found on the same ceilings i.e Inherkau ,Amenhotep III although probably later than the Sardinian example .

George

[kevin.b]

I would suggest that the chamber would give harmonic resonanace features, and the bulls horns sure would make a fabulous sound?
Kevin

[Diego]

Pete G, on 23 April 2010 - 13:23, said:

It has been picked up here
http://www.archaeolo...n-Sardinia.html

Thank you Pete for the heads up.

Actually, we're having big problems in getting the media coverage this tomb deserves. Even Italian newspapers - which we contacted - decided to ignore that news. But we are trying hard to convince any clever editor abroad to write articles about the Tomba della scacchiera or publish our own article in their websites. The only enthusiastic reactions we've got so far are from our good friend David Connolly (who is trying to publish the story on the next issue of his excellent Past Horizons magazine) and Michelle Hilling, who put the link to our article on top of his April 20th and 21st edition of Archaeologica News.

We can tell you that a famous British rock-art expert promised to write a short comment on the Tomba della scacchiera very soon, and of course we will add his authoritative opinion to our article. We really hope this could convince some British and US-based newspapers, magazine and websites to pick up the story.

Please let us know if you have any other suggestion that may help us spreading out the word!

Paola & Diego

[Pete G]

Hi Diego,
I emailed the story to Paul Dev in case Time & Mind magazine want to cover the story.
I've also sent it to friends in the USA who might want to chase it up.
Let us know if there is any more news about the tomb?
PeteG

[Diego]

Pete G, on 27 April 2010 - 10:56, said:

Let us know if there is any more news about the tomb?

We've just received this "official" comment on that tomb from George Nash, a leading rock-art expert:

The extremely rare survival of this art is comparable to the painted images within the Oracle chamber of the Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni in Malta.  This discovery is of international importance and should be available to those researching rock-art.  To seal the monument is a crime against understanding the true origins of a southern European Neolithic

Still no news from other newspapers and magazines we contacted.

We will keep you posted!

[harry sivertsen]

It has been noted on the Graham Hancock site.

http://www.grahamhan.../news/index.php