Posted on 09/21/2004 11:07:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
5,600 years ago, patient Stone Age laborers gouged emptiness from solid living rock, fashioning a complex three-level interior that contains astounding textural detail. Covering a total of about 5,400 square feet, with its levels extending down about 35 feet, the Hypogeum was discovered by accident in 1902 near the center of the town of Paola... For about a 1,000-year span, the Hypogeum served as a necropolis, a city of the dead that eventually housed the remains of about 7,000 people. It was one of many megalithic structures strewn across Malta, built by a complex Neolithic culture that mysteriously disappeared around 2500 BC.
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I figure some of these pizza boxes in my house are pushing historical status...Megalithic Temples of MaltaBrief description: Seven megalithic temples are found on the islands of Malta and Gozo, each the result of an individual development. The two temples of Ggantija on the island of Gozo are notable for their gigantic Bronze Age structures. On the island of Malta, the temples of Hagar Qin, Mnajdra and Tarxien are unique architectural masterpieces, given the limited resources available to their builders. The Ta'Hagrat and Skorba complexes show how the tradition of temple-building was handed down in Malta.
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Just a BTTT.Beneath MaltaConstructed 5,000 years ago, a vast subterranean temple lies under the island of Malta's busy urban streets... Malta's earliest, and perhaps most awe-inspiring, temples -- some predating Stonehenge and the Giza pyramids by 1,000 years... The most unusual of the two-dozen megalithic temples dotting the islands is a large underground catacomb known as the Hypogeum, located in Paola, a suburb of the Maltese capital of Valletta.
by Nancy Breslau Lewis
Archaeology Odyssey
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A subterranean mediterranean temple, made by terrans?
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Ta' Hagrat and Skorba TemplesTa' Hagrat consists of two adjacent temples, the older one of which dates to the Ggantija phase (3,600-3,200 BC)... Skorba Temples, located about a kilometre away from Ta' Hagrat, were excavated by David Trump in the 1960s. This excavation resulted in the discovery of two temples, dating to the Ggantija (3,600-3,200 BC) and the Tarxien (3,150-2,500 BC) phases. Skorba was occupied long before the temples were built. The earliest remains consist of a stretch of wall dating back to the Ghar Dalam phase (5,000-4,300 BC). Remains of wheat, lentil and barley seeds together with pottery, animal bone and stone tools were found next to this wall.
by Maria Elena Zammit
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Great pics here--go to photos of the site:
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To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. Thanks.Archaeological Society urges protection of sensitive areas"The Gozo submissions in particular can only be described as a request to ravage its fragile landscape," said its president Patricia Camilleri. "No one with the good of Gozo at heart could possibly imagine that such submissions could be accepted, whether they interfere with archaeology or not." ...it was not simply a question of sticking to the criteria laid down by the Cabinet. "Retaining the integrity of Malta's archaeology is not only a matter of making sure that cart ruts are not built over, temple sites left untouched and buffer zones respected. Much of Malta's archaeology still lies under the ground and often stretches way beyond the visible, or recorded signs. "The precautionary principle should be followed at all times to safeguard the unknown part of Malta's cultural heritage resources as required by the Cultural Heritage Act," the society said.
Fiona Galea Debono
Times of Malta
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Astonishing how this was created.
Malta is a anthro/history buff's dream vacation.
10,000+ years of artifacts from every civilization bordering on the Mediterranean.
Cheap, too, and many speak English.
I'd like to have a place there, they like British retirees (I'm not one); two official languages, English and Maltese, plus many speakers of Italian, and some N African tongues.
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