The Megalithic Temples of Tarxien, Hagar Qim and Mnajdra Monuments
Author : J.V. Casingena
Publisher :
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 49,18 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
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Author : J.V. Casingena
Publisher :
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 49,18 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN :
Author : Claudia Sagona
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 40,46 MB
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1107006694
This book synthesizes the archaeology of the Maltese archipelago from the first human colonization c. 5000 BC through the Roman period (c. 400 AD). Claudia Sagona interprets the archaeological record to explain changing social and political structures, intriguing ritual practices, and cultural contact through several millennia.
Author : Juliet Rix
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 38,29 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1841624527
Malta has long been known for package holidays but this island nation has 7,000 years of fascinating and visible history. Updated throughout, this new edition delves into Malta's temples and archaeology more comprehensively than any other guidebook. Packed with historical and archaeological facts it also showcases bird-watching and wildlife opportunities, summer festas, and the less commercialised islands of Gozo and Comino. With new hotels opening in Birgu and across the islands the guide includes greater coverage of accommodation and restaurants. There is more to the island than sun and sea and this guide will help readers to discover the Malta beyond the tourist resorts.
Author : Katya Stroud
Publisher : Midsea Books
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 20,87 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Antiquities, Prehistoric
ISBN : 9789993273172
Hagar Qim and Mnajdra Temples are amongst the most popular and most visited archaeological sites on the Maltese islands. But what is it about these sites that makes them so unique? What do they tell us about the people who built them? And who discovered them? This fully-illustrated guidebook attempts to answer these questions. It highlights some of the reasons why every visitor to the sites should feel privileged and why we should all protect these sites to extend this privilege to our children.
Author : Caroline Malone
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 1043 pages
File Size : 27,57 MB
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1782974962
Gods, deities, symbolism, deposition, cosmology and intentionality are all features of the study of early ritual and cult. Archaeology has great difficulties in providing satisfactory interpretation or recognition of these elusive but important parts of ancient society, and methodologies are often poorly equipped to explore the evidence. This collection of papers explores a wide range of prehistoric and early historic archaeological contexts from Britain, Europe and beyond, where monuments, architectural structures, megaliths, art, caves, ritual activity and symbolic remains offer exciting glimpses into ancient belief systems and cult behaviour. Different theoretical and practical approaches are demonstrated, offering both new directions and considered conclusions to the many problems of studying the archaeology of cult and ritual. Central to the volume is an exploration of early Malta and its intriguing Temple Culture, set in a broad perspective by the discussion and theoretical approaches presented in different geographical and chronological contexts.
Author : Ethan Doyle White
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 32,65 MB
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1782842551
The past century has born witness to a growing interest in the belief systems of ancient Europe, with an array of contemporary Pagan groups claiming to revive these old ways for the needs of the modern world. By far the largest and best known of these Paganisms has been Wicca, a new religious movement that can now count hundreds of thousands of adherents worldwide. Emerging from the occult milieu of mid twentieth-century Britain, Wicca was first presented as the survival of an ancient pre-Christian Witch-Cult, whose participants assembled in covens to venerate their Horned God and Mother Goddess, to celebrate seasonal festivities, and to cast spells by the light of the full moon. Spreading to North America, where it diversified under the impact of environmentalism, feminism, and the 1960s counter-culture, Wicca came to be presented as a Goddess-centred nature religion, in which form it was popularised by a number of best-selling authors and fictional television shows. Today, Wicca is a maturing religious movement replete with its own distinct world-view, unique culture, and internal divisions. This book represents the first published academic introduction to be exclusively devoted to this fascinating faith, exploring how this Witches' Craft developed, what its participants believe and practice, and what the Wiccan community actually looks like. In doing so it sweeps away widely-held misconceptions and offers a comprehensive overview of this religion in all of its varied forms. Drawing upon the work of historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and scholars of religious studies, as well as the writings of Wiccans themselves, it provides an original synthesis that will be invaluable for anyone seeking to learn about the blossoming religion of modern Pagan Witchcraft.
Author : David H. Trump
Publisher :
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 31,65 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN :
The large stone temple structures on Malta are amongst the earliest such constructions in the world, long before the pyramids were built in Egypt. This super book forms a pictorial record of all the temples on Malta, whilst also providing background information on the social and cultural history of the period. Built between c.3500 and 2500 BC, the temples reflect, and were part of, a period of great development on Malta and Gozo, especially in artistic and architectural terms. This is a clear, well illustrated account of the temple-building period, as well as of what went before and what came after.
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Publisher :
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 11,11 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Conservation of natural resources
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Author : Tore Lomsdalen
Publisher :
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 10,74 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Archaeoastronomy
ISBN : 9781907767418
Author : Brad Olsen
Publisher : CCC Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 22,66 MB
Release : 2004-02-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1888729317
World travelers and armchair tourists who want to explore the mythology and archaeology of the ruins, sanctuaries, mountains, lost cities, and temples of ancient civilizations will find this guide ideal. Detailed here are the monuments and sites where ancient peoples once gathered to perform sacred rituals and ceremonies to worship various gods and to achieve spiritual enlightenment. Important archaeological, historical, and geological destinations worldwide are profiled, from the Great Pyramid in Egypt and the Forbidden City in China to the Temples of Angkor in Cambodia and Mount Shasta in California. Sites are described in historical and cultural context, and practical contemporary travel information is provided, including detailed maps, drawings, photographs, and travel directions.