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A series of dedicatory inscriptions were uncovered in the chapel which are a unique heritage and found in no other Punic colony across the western world.<\/p>\n<p>The Roman temple, mentioned by the famous Egyptian geographer Ptolemy (II century A.D.), dating to the I century B.C. was modernised several times until its full makeover described in the inscription at the top of the building, which confirms the <strong>work dates from the III century A.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From the Valley of Antas, a 20-minute walk will take you to the <strong>Roman quarries<\/strong> where you can see the cutting lines made when removing the huge boulders used in the construction of the sanctuary.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, for those who enjoy long walks (about 1 hour), there is <strong>the old Roman road leading from the Temple of Antas to the Su Mannau cave.<\/strong> The people who lived in these places would head to the cave of the same name to water-worshipping rituals, as is clear from the remains of oil lamps and small votive boats.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":26381,"template":"","tipologia":[1017,994,1002],"categoria":[1025],"tematica":[1029],"class_list":["post-29557","place","type-place","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tipologia-strada-antica-en","tipologia-tempio-en","tipologia-villaggio-nuragico-en","categoria-archaeological-site","tematica-archeology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tempio di Antas - Idese<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/idese.cultura.gov.it\/en\/place\/tempio-di-antas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tempio di Antas - Idese\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Valley of Antas is set at the heart of a delightful natural amphitheatre where we find the Roman temple of Antas, one of a kind in Sardinia. 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