Tarxien (Malta)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
May 17, 2021 11:48 AM
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History
A megalithic temple complex that was named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980. This temple dates to the later Neolithic period on Malta and remained in use for several millennia. The first usage of the site occurs ca. 4100 BC and the temple complex develops across the fourth millennium.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/110149525
35.8691517219, 14.5119085417
- Representative Locations:
- Imagery location of Tarxien Temples (5000 BC - 2500 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- OSM location of Ħal Tarxien Temples (5000 BC - 2500 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Tarxien Prehistoric Temples (English, modern)
- Tarxien (Malta) connection Melita/Malta (island) (unspecified date range)
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sanctuary (religious center), temple
Pleiades
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Tarxien (Malta): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/110149525> [accessed: 03 December 2024]
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