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Malta's Early Bronze Age: The Temple Builders Before the Knights
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Episode Malta's Early Bronze Age: The Temple Builders Before the Knights
Long before the Knights of St. John or the Romans, a mysterious people built some of the world's oldest freestanding stone structures on Malta. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Ġgantija phase (c. 3600–3200 BCE), when the island's earliest inhabitants erected megalithic temples like Ġgantija on Gozo and Ħaġar Qim on Malta. They discuss how these Neolithic farmers and builders managed to move massive limestone blocks without metal tools or the wheel, what we know about their burial practices and possible fertility cults, and why their civilization ultimately collapsed around 2500 BCE. Along the way, they touch on the Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni — a subterranean necropolis carved with red ochre spirals — and the enigmatic 'fat lady' figurines that may represent a mother goddess. No scripted ads, just history.
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