The Necropolis of Monte Luna is an

archaeological site An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology an ...

located in the surroundings of

Senorbì Senorbì is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari. It is the main center of Trexenta, located in an area traditionally devoted to the cultivation of cereals. The ...

, in

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...

, near a hill known as Monte Luna ( it, Moon Mountain).Senorbì
/ref> Excavations at this site have unveiled the remainders of a

Carthaginian The term Carthaginian ( la, Carthaginiensis ) usually refers to a citizen of Ancient Carthage. It can also refer to: * Carthaginian (ship), a three-masted schooner built in 1921 * Insurgent privateers; nineteenth-century South American privateers, ...

necropolis A necropolis (plural necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from the Ancient Greek ''nekropolis'', literally meaning "city of the dead". The term usually im ...

, comprising about 120

grave A grave is a location where a dead body (typically that of a human, although sometimes that of an animal) is buried or interred after a funeral. Graves are usually located in special areas set aside for the purpose of burial, such as grave ...

s. The necropolis was built by the inhabitants of a Carthaginian settlement in the area of modern Santu TeruThe necropolis at Wikimapia
/ref> around the 6th century BC.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Necropolis Of Monte Luna Buildings and structures completed in the 6th century BC Archaeological sites in Sardinia Buildings and structures in Sardinia Carthage Phoenician funerary practices Necropoleis