DATE: 10 august 2024 start @ 06.00 to 09.00 UTC/ PROVINCE 095 (Oristano)/ Historical Region HR13 Campidano di Oristano/ Municipality B314 (Cabras)
ANT: SKYPPER/ PW 300W
Who sculpted the statues of the Giants of Mont’e Prama and why? This is the question that many are asking and that the most famous mice on the planet are now trying to solve. Sardinia will be the protagonist of the next issue, 3585 of Topolino, on newsstands next week and it will be with a long story entitled ‘The mystery of the giants’, dedicated to the gigantic statues discovered in Cabras, in the Oristano area, exactly 50 years ago.
The comic book story featuring Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy and Professor Zapotec is the work of two Sardinian authors: Luca Usai for the drawings and Bruno Enna, who wrote the story and screenplay. The story, divided into two parts of 24 pages each, in an imaginative and original way, tries to provide a possible explanation for the creation of the giants.
The idea was born almost by chance – Bruno Enna tells ANSA – I personally knew the archaeologist Nadia Canu (former director of the Mont’e Prama Foundation) – and talking to her the idea of creating the story dedicated to the giants came up.
I wrote the story and proposed it to the publishing house: they liked it a lot and started working on it”. Enna specifically wanted a Sardinian illustrator: “I asked to work with a Sardinian author, Luca Usai, because he knew the territory better – says Enna – in fact, every table exudes Sardinia, there is not a plant or a rock that is not Sardinian and easily recognizable”.
In the story, in addition to the Giants, there are nuraghi, domus de janas and then many Sardinian symbols and objects: every single element is taken care of in the smallest details, without however going beyond the humorous trait that distinguishes Disney comics. “I started working on it last year – Luca Usai tells ANSA – and I finished drawing the 48 tables at Christmas. We studied and did a lot of research to create this story, Nadia Canu helped us a lot by allowing us to visit the museum and supported us in our work”.
The story comes out just as we are celebrating 50 years since the discovery of the statues in the Sinis peninsula.
Archaeological site of Mont’e Prama
The site was discovered by chance in March 1974, when ploughing of a field brought to light the first fragments of the statues. From that point on, the site underwent several digging campaigns between 1975 and 1979, 2014, 2015-2016 and, more recently, between 2018 and June 2022, the date of the last intervention.
Mont’e Prama
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