The nuraghes were built between the middle of the Bronze Age (18th-15th centuries BCE) and the Late Bronze Age. The claim that the El-Ahwat structures from Israel might be related has been contested; those are dated to either the 12th or the 11th century BCE. The only buildings widely accepted as being related to nuraghes are the torri (plural of torre) from southern Corsica and the talaiots from Menorca and Majorca. According to Massimo Pallottino, an Italian archaeologist specialized in Etruscology, the architecture produced by the Nuragic civilization was the most advanced of any in the western Mediterranean during this epoch, including those in the regions of Magna Graecia. Of the 7,000 extant nuraghes, only a few have been scientifically excavated. Image gallery See also Ahwat Beehive tomb Broch Chullpa Giants' grave Girna Motillas Talaiot Notes Bibliography Giovanni Lilliu, I nuraghi. Torri preistoriche della Sardegna, Nuoro, Edizioni Ilisso, 2005. Paolo Melis, Civiltà Nuragica, Sassari, Delfino editore, 2003. Giovanni Ugas, L'alba dei Nuraghi, Cagliari, Fabula, 2005. External links Aerial photograph of Su Nuraxi Nuraghi.org Su Nuraxi of Barumini A map of all Nuraghes in Sardinia Another map providing the location of each Nuraghe - Nurnet ArcheologiaSarda.com NeroArgento.com Virtual Reconstructions Virtual Tour in HD Archaeology of Sardinia Types of monuments and memorials Buildings and structures in Sardinia Megalithic monuments in Italy