THARROS  , 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, situated on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, on the narrow sandy See also:

• ISTHMUS (Gr.io0pbs, neck)

isthmus of a See also:

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

peninsula at the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north extremity of the Gulf of See also:

• ORISTANO

Oristano, now marked by the See also:

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

tower of S . Giovanni di Sinis . It was 12 M . W. of Othoca (Oristano) by the coast road, which went on northward to See also:

• CORNUS

Cornus (a milestone of it is given in Corp . Incr . See also:

• LAT

Lat. x . 8009), and thence to Turris Libisonis . It was of Phoenician origin, but continued to exist in See also:

• ROMAN

Roman times, as the See also:

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

inscriptions show, though they give but little See also:

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

information (See also:

• MOMMSEN, THEODOR (1817–1903)

Mommsen in Corp . Inscr . Lat. x . 822) . It was destroyed by the See also:

• SARACENS

Saracens in the 11th See also:

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

century .

Scanty traces of Roman buildings may be seen, and an ancient road paved with large blocks of See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone . A See also:

• PART

part of the site of the town is now invaded by 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 . The 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 . Giovanni di Sinis is a heavy See also:

• BUILDING

building of the 8th (?) century A.D. originally cruciform, with a See also:

• DOME (Lat domus, house; Ital. duomo, cathedral)

dome over the See also:

• CROSSING

crossing; the transepts and dome are still preserved, but the See also:

• NAVE

nave with its two aisles is later . It is naturally built of materials from the old town . See also:

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

Close to it is a See also:

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

watch-tower and a See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of fresh See also:

• WATER

water . The importance of Tharros may be inferred from the extent of its See also:

• NECROPOLIS

necropolis, which lies on the basaltic peninsula of S . Marco to the S.; on the See also:

• SUMMIT

summit of it are the remains of a nuraghe . Casual excavations are mentioned under the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish viceroys, but See also:

• REGULAR

regular exploration only began in 1838, when the Roman tombs were examined . In 185o Spano excavated many Phoenician tombs; they are rectangular or square See also:

• CHAMBERS (the Fr. chambre, from Lat. camera, a room)
• CHAMBERS, EPHRAIM (d. 1740)
• CHAMBERS, GEORGE (1803-1840)
• CHAMBERS, ROBERT (18oz-1871)
• CHAMBERS, SIR WILLIAM (1726-1796)

chambers 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, measuring from 6 to 9 ft. each way, in which inhumation was the See also:

• RULE

rule . The See also:

• OBJECTS

objects found—pottery, scarabs, See also:

• JEWELRY (O. Fr. jouel, Fr. joyau, perhaps from joie, joy; Lat. gaudium; retranslated into Low Lat. jocale, a toy, from jocus, by misapprehension of the origin of the word)

jewelry, amulets, &c.—were of considerable See also:

• INTEREST

interest . In 1851 See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• VERNON
• VERNON, EDWARD (1684-1757)

Vernon opened fourteen tombs, and after that the whole countryside ransacked the necropolis, without any proper records or notes being taken, and with See also:

• GREAT

great damage to the objects found .

Some of these objects are in the museum at Cagliari, others in private collections, and many scarabs are in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum, all of which by the coins found with them are dated later than the Roman occupation (See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

Catalogue of Gems, See also:

• LONDON

London, 1888, pp . 13 sqq.) . In 1885-86 regular excavations were made, the results of whichmay be seen in the museum at Cagliari . One See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb contained some See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold ornaments, with Roman coins of the 1st to 3rd century A.D . (F . Vivanet in Notizze degli Scavi, 1886, 27; 1887, 46, 124) . The objects, like those found at Sulcis, show considerable traces of See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian See also:

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

influence, but are probably all of Phoenician importation—the theory of the existence of Egyptian colonies in Sardinia being quite inadmissible . Some 3 M. to the N. is the church of S . Salvatore, with underground rock-cut chambers below it, used as a See also:

• BAPTISTERY (Baptislerium, in the Greek Church 4wrurrilpiov)

baptistery (?) by the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early Christians, though the walls are decorated with paintings of a decidedly See also:

• PAGAN
• PAGAN (Lat. paganus, of or belonging to a pagus, a canton, county district, village, commune)

pagan nature . (T .