• An aerial view shows the Nuraghe Barru in central-southern Sardinia.
  • Finds at this excavation site showed that these towers were used for spiritual purposes centuries after they were abandoned.
  • In Greek mythology, the mythical inventor and builder Daedalus is said to have built the ancient towers of Sardinia.
  • The towers were built from roughly hewn stone without mortar using dry stone technique.

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