Verified35.8692° N · 14.5119° E · 30 m
Tarxien Temples
Chalcolithic (Tarxien phase)·Maltese Temple culture·🇲🇹 South Eastern Region, Malta
About
About Tarxien Temples
Four interconnected temples with spiral reliefs, animal friezes and 2.7 m mother-goddess statue fragment. Most decorated of Maltese temples, adjacent to Hal Saflieni Hypogeum. Recorded context — Period: Chalcolithic (Tarxien phase); Culture: Maltese Temple culture; Field status: excavated; Materials: stone; Condition: ruins.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3600–2500 BCE
- Period
- Chalcolithic (Tarxien phase)
- Culture
- Maltese Temple culture
- Purpose
- Central ritual/sacrificial (? animal bones)
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3600–2500 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1042 CE
Abandonment
Location
Where it is
35.8692° N · 14.5119° E · 30 m
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