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Oristano to Cagliari

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After a wonderful stay, with a wonderful breakfast including choice of 3 freshly made tarts and cakes, at Sa domu e Crakeras, we set off for a day full of new and exciting places to visit and roads to negotiate! First stop the little museum in Cabras, which housed 8 of the Giganti, excavated only recently and pieced together by 2014. 5600 pieces were painstakingly reassembled after thousands of years.  Although I am not super interested in archeology, I still find it fascinating to see the many household artefacts found during excavations, and to learn a little more about these ancient times.It was certainly a short, yet  interesting introduction to the archeology of the region. One of the exhibits was of particular interest to me now that I do pottery. In a sacrificial temple, hundreds of urns had been found, more or less intact with the ashes of children which had been apparently sacrificed to appease the gods. What a horrendous thought to leave your first born to die! Late...