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Before You Go: Malta Megalithic Tombs

By K. Kris Hirst, About.com

Number 3 on our list of all-time great Megalithic sites to visit is the Mediterranean Islands of Malta and Gozo, colonized by the Neolithic farmers around 4000 BC.

The Basics

The Old Temple Study Foundation has a wealth of information concerning work on Malta and Gozo; including how to get there and what you might find. Also, see the University of Bristol's page on Brochtorff Circle.

Meanings and Interpretations

Do the Neolithic temples at Malta reflect evidence of the Goddess myth? It's interesting to contemplate.

Learning More

Goddess Tours to Malta has compiled a reading list of books on the Maltese temple sites and the Myth of the Goddess; the MaltaVista site has oodles of great pictures from the sites on Malta and Gozo, linked to maps of the islands.

Recent Study

Bristol University has been doing some pretty cool 3-D visualizations of Brochtorff Circle

Things to Ponder

Several pieces of fiction are listed on the OTSF Temple Stories page; and the reader is invited to submit his or her own as well; and MaltaVista has some great pictures of Hal Saflieni Hypogeum.

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