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The most ancient architectural civilisation on the planet is represented by a megalithic culture which flourished for a thousand years between 3600/3500 and 2600/2500BC, and which was concentrated on the tiny Maltese archipelago in the Central Mediterranean. The radiocarbon dates have said so. The dates have also indicated that, just after its sudden termination around 2600/2500BC, the pyramidal form of megalithic culture appeared in Egypt. The small size of the Maltese archipelago of today militates against the prominent archaeological position it assumes. Its megalithic monuments, decorative art and statuary are the remarkable survivors of its civilisation. The temples of Malta never fail to amaze all nationalities, except for the native Maltese. Yet how could such a small surface area produce a civilisation antedating the Egyptian one by a thousand years? Equally enigmatic are the circumstances of its sudden and abrupt termination, followed by a complete break in the archaeological record, and represented by ―several feet of fine sand, containing no stones or broken fragments of rock and no traces of any Bronze Age pottery or metal, clearly showing that this layer had been depos

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Author

Anton Mifsud, Simon Mifsud, Chris Agius Sultana, Charles Savona Ventura

Publisher

The Prehistoric Society of Malta

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9789993215028

Category

nonfiction