Table of Contents Introduction Who were the first Inhabitants of Malta? • Malta’s Position in the Mediterranean
• Map of Malta with the Neolithic Temple sites
How did the Temple-Building Society evolve?
• Aerial photo of the Mnajdra Temples
• Hagar Qim façade
• Ggantija Temples façade
• Mnajdra Temples façade
• Hal Saflieni Hypogeum - ‘Holy of Holies’
• Hal Saflieni Hypogeum - ‘Main Chamber’
• Mnajdra Lower Temple - Equinox sunrise
• Mnajdra Lower Temple - Equinox sunrise
How were these Megaliths quarried?
How were the Megaliths transported?
How were these Megaliths erected?
• Reconstruction of a hypothetical Maltese temple
• Reconstruction of Tarxien’s façade,
How were these Structures decorated? • Decorated spiral sculpture from Tarxien
• Small stone model of a roofed temple from Ta’ Hagrat
• Decorated spiral sculpture from Tarxien
• Roof of ‘Decorated Room’ at the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
• Animal motifs sculpture from Tarxien
• Corbelled wall Manjdra Temples
• Corbelled wall Hagar Qim Temples
• ‘Shaman’s Group’ - stone - Xaghra Circle
• Statuette head - clay – Tarxien
• Obese sitting statue - stone - Hagar Qim
• ‘Venus of Malta’ - clay - Hagar Qim
• Sitting statuettes - clay - Xaghra Circle
• Huge stone statue - reconstruction – Tarxien
• ‘Sleeping Lady’ - clay - Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
What was the Purpose of these Structures?
What happened to the Enigmatic Temple-Builders?
The Legacy of the Temple-Builders | 
