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The '''necropolis of Tuvixeddu''' ({{IPA-sc|tuviˈʒeɖːu|pron}}) is a [[Punic]] [[necropolis]], the largest in the [[Mediterranean]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sardegnadigitallibrary.it/index.php?xsl=626&id=137561|title=La necropoli punica di Cagliari. Tuvixeddu, un colle e la sua memoria|language= Italian|website=sardegnadigitallibrary.it}}</ref> It is located in a [[hill]] inside the city of [[Cagliari]], [[Sardinia]] called Tuvixeddu (meaning "
Between the 6th and 3rd centuries BC the [[Carthaginians]] chose this hill to bury their dead: these burials were reached through a well dug into the [[limestone]] rock (from two to eleven meters deep), a small opening introduced to the burial chamber. The burial chambers were beautifully decorated; there were found [[amphorae]] and [[ampoules]] for the essences. Of particular interest among the Punic tombs, the "[[Uraeus]] Tomb" and the "Fighter Tomb", decorated with paintings of [[palm trees]] and masks, still well preserved. Another famous tomb is that "of the Wheel".
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