NORA  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• SARDINIA (Gr. 'IXs'o"uva, from a fancied resemblance to a footprint in its shape, Ital. Sardegna)

Sardinia, 22 M. by road S.S.W. of See also:

• CARALES (Gr. KapaXts, mod. Cagliari, q. v.)

Carales . It was founded, according to See also:

• PAUSANIAS

Pausanias (x . 17 . 5), by the See also:

• IBERIANS (Iberi, "I(3r7Aes)

Iberians under Norax, son of See also:

• HERMES
• HERMES, GEORG (1775-1831)

Hermes, and was the most ancient town in the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island . The discoveries made on the site have, however, shown that it was certainly of Phoenician origin . In See also:

• ROMAN

Roman times too, we find the milestones on the road from Nora to Bitia and even on that from Nora to Carales reckoned from Nora (Corp. inscr . See also:

• LAT

Lat. x . 831; See also:

• EPHEMERIS (Greek for a " diary ")

Ephemeris epigraphica, viii . 18o) ; but the authors and the sepulchral See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions found here give us no See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information as to its juridical See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition . The town occupies a characteristically Phoenician site, a small See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula joined to the mainland by an See also:

• ISTHMUS (Gr.io0pbs, neck)

isthmus,, See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low, narrow and sandy . Excavations have led to the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of a few Phoenician buildings, the See also:

• FOUNDATIONS

foundations of a See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of Tanit, of a road, of See also:

• QUAY
• QUAY, MATTHEW STANLEY (1833-1904)

quay walls at the See also:

• WATER

water's edge and of a See also:

• WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)

watch-See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower, on the extremity of the peninsula, which rises to some 150 ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . Two cemeteries were found, one of the 7th-6thcentury B.C., consisting of tombs cut in the See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock for inhumation, while in the other, going down to the 4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.1.; See also:

• CREMATION (Lat. cremare, to burn)

cremation is the See also:

• RULE

rule; there are ossuaries placed in holes in the See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand, with a sculptured See also:

• STELE

stele over each .

A quantity of small See also:

• OBJECTS

objects, gems, ivories, See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass, vases, terra-cottas, &c., were found; in some of them See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian, in others See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek, See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence and importation are apparent . To the Roman See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period belong an See also:

• AQUEDUCT (Lat. aqua, water, and ducere, to lead; Gr. apaymryeiov, apayeeywov, vlrovopos)

aqueduct, bringing the water from the neighbouring hills—one See also:

• PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier of it rests upon a destroyed nuraghe—scanty remains of an See also:

• AMPHITHEATRE (Gr. 441, around, and O&arpov, a place for spectators)

amphitheatre, a See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, considerable ruins of See also:

• CONCRETE
• CONCRETE (Lat. concretes, participle of concrescere, to grow together)

concrete foundations (perhaps of villas by the sea) and a watch-tower on the promontory See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close to the Phoenician tower . A full description of the site and the excavations is given by G . Patroni in Monumenti dei Lincei, xiv . (1905), III . On the isthmus is the curious small old See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of S Efisio, with a See also:

• NAVE

nave and two aisles divided by heavy square pillars . At the festival of the See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint (May 1-4), his See also:

• BODY

body is brought in procession from the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral at Cagliari; the festival is much frequented by See also:

• PEOPLE

people from all parts of Sardinia .