On 28th December I took Max to this amazing archeological site. He seems to have enjoyed looking around and listening to me giving him some information on the place. The weather was very sunny and warm but really cold in the shade. You may recall me saying that Max has a children’s pass to visit heritage sites together with 2 grown-ups free. His mum and dad do not have the time to take him to these places and I enjoy it myself, even though I have visited all of them, some even on several occasions. Max was on Christmas holidays.
Ħaġar Qim is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, inscribed as part of ‘The Megalithic Temples of Malta’ in the World Heritage List. The remains date between 3600 – 3200 BC, a period known as the Ġgantija phase in Maltese prehistory. Ħaġar Qim was never completely buried as the tallest stones, remained exposed and featured in 18th and 19th century paintings. One of the prehistoric chambers at Ħaġar Qim holds an elliptical hole which is hewn out in alignment with the Summer Solstice sunrise. At sunrise, on the first day of summer, the sun’s rays pass through this hole and illuminate a stone slab inside the chamber. Some years ago, the temple area was covered with a big tent to protect it from the elements.
Thank you so much for looking and for the comments and fav’s on yesterday’s picture.
Places like this fascinate me. The arguments about the pyramids and the Sphinx, the age of Gobekli Tepi in Turkey and the Megaliths in Malta. The opinions of Graham Hancock are very compelling.
