Monte Sirai | |
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| Location | Carbonia, Sardinia, Italy |
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| Region | Sardinia |
| Coordinates | 39°10′48″N 8°29′10″E / 39.18000°N 8.48611°E |
| Type | Settlement |
| History | |
| Founded | 8th century BC |
| Cultures | Phoenician, Punic, Roman |
| Site notes | |
| Management | Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici per le province di Cagliari e Oristano |
| Public access | Yes |
Monte Sirai is an archaeological site near Carbonia, in the province of South Sardinia, Sardinia, Italy. It is a settlement built at the top of a hill by the Phoenicians of Sulci (today's Sant'Antioco). The history of studies in Monte Sirai has a very precise date: the fall of 1962, when a local boy casually found a female figure carved on a stele of the tophet. Following further inspections, in August 1963, the local Soprintendenza and the Institute of Near Eastern Studies of the Sapienza University of Rome started excavations,[1] leading to a fairly comprehensive study of the entire town.