EXPLORING This Unusual MEGALITHIC CYCLOPEAN Building in SICILY

Come with me to Cefalù on Sicily's north coast where I explore this unusual, ancient cyclopean building that sits on the slope of the hill that overlooks the town. There are only two sets of cyclopean walls on Sicily, but dozens more on the Italian Peninsula. Although the general consensus is that they date to classical antiquity, their megalithic appearance and the legends connected to them suggest a Bronze Age connection that's been lost to history. In this video I deconstruct the myths and claims about this remarkable building in Cefalù. Do I solve the mystery? Not really. But I do find some interesting pieces of research that provide some intriguing insights into these ancient structures.

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✨ IN THIS EPISODE

00:00 Introduction
01:33 Cyclopean Walls
06:57 The History of Cefalù
09:59 Cefalù’s Cyclopean Building
15:45 The Egyptian Connection
19:02 Astronomical Alignments
20:21 Function of the Temple

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✨ REFERENCES

Laroche, C. and Rosati, G., 2021. Two Egyptian Heart-Scarabs from Sicily and a Parallel from Berlin. Rivista del Museo Egizio, 5.

Gori, D. and Orlando, A., 2016. THE MEGALITHIC TEMPLE OF DIANA ON THE CEFALÙ ROCK (SICILY). Mediterranean Archaeology & Archaeometry, 16(4).

Orlando, A. and Gori, D., 2017. Archaeoastronomical Analysis of the Temple of Diana to Cefalù (Sicily). The Light, The Stones and The Sacred, p.79.

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Scarab discovered near the Temple of Diana, credit: Archivio Fotografico, Museo Archeologico Antonino Salinas

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Map of the Elymian, Sicani areas of Sicily, credit: Halibutt 
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North gate at Mycenae, credit: Patrice78500

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Opus reticulatum, credit: Pouwerkerk
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Lion’s Gate, Mycenae, credit: Andreas Trepte

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Plan of the Temple of Diana by Nott

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