Thapsos

Thapsos (Greek: Θάψος) was a prehistoric village in Sicily of the middle Bronze Age. It was found by the Italian archaeologist Paolo Orsi on the small peninsula of Magnisi, near Priolo Gargallo. In its vicinity was born the Thapsos culture, one of the most important prehistoric cultures in Sicily (identified with the people of Sicani).

The site is notable for its village – the first known city in Sicily – and for its rich necropolis. David Abulafia writes:

Thucydides writes that Thapsos was a colony of Megara founded by the same people who founded Trotilon and Megara Hyblaea.

• Thapsos culture

• Piccolo, Salvatore (2018). Bronze Age Sicily. World History Encyclopedia.
• Tusa, Sebastiano, La Sicilia nella Preistoria, second edition, Palermo 1992.

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