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Why are these ruins important?  Is there anything useful to learn from them?

Along with the many artifacts and the undisturbed human burials, a study of Malta's megalithic ruins offers the clearest picture we are ever going to have
of an important far-off time that we don't know very well: a time at the very edge of civilization's beginning, before history was written down. 
They show us things that are missing in other ruins, and things that are very different from what we are used to. 
They also show us hints about how people lived successfully and creatively in harmony with nature, and without any need for weapons or warfare.  


 

How old are the buildings compared to
Stonehenge, etc.?

How many temples do they have in
Malta and Gozo?

What does Megalithic mean?

Why are these things called "Temples"?

When were they discovered?

What happened inside the buildings?

Were they used as tombs?

Did the buildings have roofs?

What did the temples look like back then?

How long did it take to build one?

Do they have astral alignments?

How did the people move the stones?

What was the purpose of all the holes? 

What about the carved designs?

Why do so many of the statues not have heads?

Why do they think the statues were sacred deities?

Are they really supposed to be Mother Goddesses?

Did the people practice human sacrifice?

How did this civilization come to be in
Malta and Gozo?

What did the people look like?

How did they get so advanced for their time?

What happened to the people who
made the temples?