Farewell to Cagliari-born journalist and writer Sergio Frau. He was 77.

For years, since 1976, he worked at the daily newspaper La Repubblica, where he always covered culture.

In 2002, he published a groundbreaking essay—"The Pillars of Hercules: An Investigation"—in which he revived the hypothesis that the mythical pillars, written about by Plato, among others, could be identified over time not only with the Strait of Gibraltar, but also with the Strait of Sicily. A scenario according to which Sardinia could be the submerged Atlantis. An ancient land, the island, which at a certain point in its history saw the flourishing of a great civilization, the Nuragic, which later disappeared, perhaps flooded by water.

In Sorgono in particular, where perhaps not coincidentally there are 200 menhirs, more than Stonehenge, and a rose window, the largest in Sardinia, that of the church of San Mauro, which looks towards them, he had identified the center of the center of the world . His subsequent work, "Omphalos, the First Center of the World," added elements, research, and measurements to that hypothesis, which remained—this was the author's intention—still a proposal, but based on measurements and now also on drone photos. A point of view supported and justified point by point. Which sounded like an invitation to try to change perspective on the history of the West, but also of the world.

(Unioneonline/D)

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