LIFE IN PREHISTORIC TIMES - THE ARRIVAL OF STONE-AGE PEOPLE IN PRE-HISTORIC TIMES - SHAPES, FORMS, TOOLS AND METHODS USED BY NEOLITHIC TEMPLE BUILDERS - THE MEGALITHIC TEMPLES OF HAGAR QIM AND IMNAJDRA - THE HYPOGEUM OF HAL SAFLIENI - THE MEGALITHIC TEMPLES OF HAL TARXIEN - OTHER "SECONDARY" MEGALITHIC TEMPLE REMAINS
 

Class:_____________________ NAME:-___________________

OTHER "SECONDARY" MEGALITHIC TEMPLE REMAINS

TEMPLELOCATION
S________Zebbiegh
Ta' HagratM________
B________Birzebbugia
Hagar QimQ________
T____________Tarxien
G____________Ghawdex
Hypogeum of Hal SaflieniT________
M________Qrendi
  

2). At the Skorba site, archaeologists have found pottery remains which resemble those found in _________.

This gives us evidence that _____________________________ We know that at the Skorba site the first

Neolithic settlement in Malta grew up because archaeologists found

___________________________________.Later at the Skorba site, Neolithic people built a

________________________________________

3). The Dolmen Hotel is named so because __________________________________. This is the remains

of the _____________Temple. In this temple, a stone slab with fish carvings was found. This available

evidence shows us that probably______________________________________

_______________________________

4). The only remains of the Hal-Kirkop temple is a ____________________________

5). The Borg-In-Nadur Temple was built in _______________times. Later the population became extinct

probably due to __________________________________

_________________. Nowadays we can see that the Neolithic temple is surrounded by

_____________________________. This shows that the temple was also used by

__________________People who came from ____________________.These used tools made of

____________. Probably, these people fort________ the temple and their dwellings because

____________________________________________________________________________________

6). The ORIGINAL pottery and archeological remains found in the temples can now be seen at the

___________________in_________________. Here one can see:- a stone ball which gives us evidence

that ________________________________________________; a stone slab from the Tarxien Temples, with

carvings of animals which gives us evidence that

_____________________________________________________________________; a stone slab from the

same temples with carvings of 2 bulls which symbolize ________________ and a sow which symbolizes

_____________; a stone slab from the same temple with spiral carvings which symbolize ____________;

and statuettes of the _______________ which was their goddess of ______________.

7) Probable reasons why Malta is so densely populated with temples are;-_________

_____________________________________________________________________


1.Ghar Dalam & Skorba - 2.The arrival of Pre-Historic people in Malta - 3.Neolithic life in Malta - 4.The temple construction 5. The Shape of the Temples - 6. The Location of the major Temples - 7.Ta' Hagrat Temple - 8.Ggantija Temple - 9.Hagar Qim Temple 10. Imnajdra Temple - 11. The Hypogeum - 12. Tarxien Temples - 13. Borg in-Nadur Temple - 14. Other minor Megalithic Temple remains 15. Frequently Asked Questions - 16.Worksheets - 17.The Young Historians - 18.Bibliography - 19.Links