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THE MEGALITHIC TEMPLES OF HAL TARXIEN

1) 400m away from the Hypogeum, one finds the megalithic ____________________ which are made

up of ___ temples built in the shape of ________________________.

2) What evidence do we find (before entering the temple), which shows us that water was scarce even

in Neolithic times? ______________.The one at the Tarxien Temples is similar to the _________

________ near Hagar Qim and Mnajdra.

3) Why is the first temple more simple and basic and is now more in ruins? _________

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4) What evidence do we get from the figures of animals embossed on a flat slab?____

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5) In the second temple, a carved figure of a bull (which is the symbol of _________) and that of a sow

(which evidently is the symbol of _______________ ) were found.

6) The holes found in many of the large stones (monoliths) were used in order to

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