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441:, who began to dig even on his first inspection of the site, where he discovered the center of the temple compound. It was not long before Zammit found himself standing in what appeared to be an apse formed by a semicircle of enormous hewn stones. Over the course of three years, Zammit enlisted the help of local farmers and townspeople for an excavation project of unprecedented scale in Malta. By 1920, Zammit had identified and carried out restoration work on five separate but interconnected temples, all yielding a remarkable collection of artifacts, including the famous "fat lady" statue, a representation of a
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The
Tarxien Temples consist of three separate, but attached, temple structures. The main entrance is a reconstruction dating from 1956, when the whole site was restored. At the same time, many of the decorated slabs discovered on site were relocated indoors for protection at the
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in 1913, the proprietor of the land underneath which the temples were buried figured that the large stones that were continually struck by workers' ploughs may also have had some archaeological value. On that notion, he contacted the director of the
National Museum,
373:. The first temple has been dated to approximately 3100 BC and is the most elaborately decorated of the temples of Malta. The middle temple dates to about 3000 BC, and is unique in that, unlike the rest of the Maltese temples, it has three pairs of
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charm (according to the Malta
Archaeological Museum, the "fat lady" statue is genderless, and could represent either a man or a woman) and several unique examples of prehistoric relief, including ships.
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instead of the usual two. The east temple is dated at around 3100 BC. The remains of another temple, smaller, and older, having been dated to 3250 BC, are visible further towards the east.
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The large stone blocks were discovered in 1914 by local farmers ploughing a field. After the accidental discovery 300 metres away of
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has been found at the center of the South temple, which is an indicator that the site was reused as a
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Of particular interest at the temple site is the rich and intricate
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Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands
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Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands
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Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands
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A relief showing goats and rams in one of the temples at
Tarxien.
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635:"Megalithic Temples of Malta - UNESCO World Heritage Centre"
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through the trilithon doorway reconstructed in the 1950s.
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The entrance to the two top apses of the
Tarxien Temples.
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The discovery of the complex did much to further Malta's
778:"Tarxien megalithic temples to get Ħaġar Qim treatment"
464:Protective tent-like shelters, similar to those at
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861:"Protective tent over Tarxien Temples completed"
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424:Excavation of the Tarxien temples. Photo by
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805:"Milestone in work on new temples shelter"
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524:Altar in the southwestern Tarxien Temple.
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888:Listing at UNESCO World Heritage Center
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297:0.807 ha (86,900 sq ft)
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564:A bowl in the central Tarxien Temple.
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1158:Megaliths in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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869:. 21 December 2015. Archived from
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1695:Great Dolmen of Comenda da Igreja
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776:Ameen, Juan (24 September 2010).
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2620:Sites managed by Heritage Malta
2610:1914 archaeological discoveries
2182:List of recumbent stone circles
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665:The Megalithic temples of Malta
608:. 30 March 2012. Archived from
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479:Protective tent around the site
33:Entrance to the Tarxien Temples
16:Archaeological complex in Malta
1260:List of multiple-stone circles
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659:Cilia, Daniel (8 April 2004).
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1:
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2559:Photographs of stone circles
893:Official Tourist information
354:the other Megalithic temples
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2595:Megalithic Temples of Malta
1710:Vale Maria do Meio Cromlech
1680:Barreira Megalithic Complex
1178:Route of Megalithic Culture
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248:Megalithic Temples of Malta
10:
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2030:Long Meg and Her Daughters
1828:Dolmen del prado de Lácara
1675:Great Dolmen of Zambujeiro
1255:List of five-stone circles
1229:La Gran'mère du Chimquière
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350:UNESCO World Heritage Site
237:UNESCO World Heritage Site
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2463:Tŷ Newydd Burial Chamber
1660:Anta da Pedra dos Mouros
1390:Templebryan Stone Circle
1290:Brennanstown Portal Tomb
1042:Broken Menhir of Er Grah
579:List of megalithic sites
356:on the island of Malta.
2514:Concentric stone circle
1798:Chabola de la Hechicera
1665:Anta das Pedras Grandes
1655:Antas do Olival da Pêga
1315:Castlenalacht Stone Row
1148:Lancken-Granitz dolmens
1047:Dolmen de Mané-Kerioned
2554:Recumbent stone circle
1950:Burnmoor stone circles
1793:Antequera Dolmens Site
1741:Megaliths in the Urals
1168:Oldendorfer Totenstatt
1082:Locmariaquer megaliths
1032:Menhir de Champ-Dolent
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396:Function in prehistory
329:Maltese pronunciation:
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2408:Lligwy Burial Chamber
2060:Nine Stones, Altarnun
1864:Obelisk of Theodosius
1813:Dolmen of Guadalperal
1685:Dolmen of Cunha Baixa
1542:Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
1335:Gaulstown Portal Tomb
1325:Creevykeel Court Tomb
720:"Themistocles Zammit"
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434:Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
423:
416:Discovery and history
367:Museum of Archaeology
165:Excavation dates
103:35.86917°N 14.51194°E
2383:Carreg Coetan Arthur
1823:Dolmen de la Pastora
1690:Dolmen of Carapito I
1650:Anta do Monte Abraão
1280:Beltany stone circle
1112:Verziau of Gargantua
873:on 22 December 2015.
730:on 27 February 2013.
412:cremation cemetery.
186:Well-preserved ruins
2433:Parc Cwm long cairn
2343:Barclodiad y Gawres
1547:Xagħra Stone Circle
1345:Grange stone circle
1320:Castlestrange Stone
439:Themistocles Zammit
426:Themistocles Zammit
352:in 1992 along with
259:Cultural: (iv)
195:Government of Malta
177:Themistocles Zammit
99: /
23:
2504:Axial stone circle
2272:Loanhead of Daviot
2267:Kirkton of Bourtie
2262:Easter Aquhorthies
1940:Brown Willy Cairns
1843:La Torre–La Janera
1670:Anta da Vidigueira
1635:Anta de Carcavelos
1610:Almendres Cromlech
1437:Megalithic Temples
1400:Uragh Stone Circle
1380:Poulnabrone dolmen
1183:Sieben Steinhäuser
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333:[tɐrˈʃɪːn]
211:Public access
108:35.86917; 14.51194
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2065:Nine Stones Close
1808:Dolmen de Axeitos
1700:Menhir of Outeiro
1630:Antas do Barrocal
1615:Anta de Adrenunes
1486:Qortin l-Imdawwar
1295:Brownshill dolmen
1214:Le Creux ès Faïes
1102:Tombeau de Merlin
1037:Dolmen de Bagneux
1017:Tumulus of Bougon
765:on 19 April 2016.
691:"Tarxien Temples"
490:national identity
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2363:Bryn Cader Faner
2242:Clach an Trushal
2129:Northern Ireland
2080:Rudston Monolith
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1705:Menhir of Bulhoa
1645:Antas da Valeira
1365:Meehambee Dolmen
1163:Niedertiefenbach
1138:Fraubillen cross
1072:Hotié de Viviane
1057:Gallardet Dolmen
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402:animal sacrifice
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1818:Dolmen of Menga
1803:Cova d'en Daina
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