Ħaġar Qim Archaeological Site
Hilltop prehistoric temple complex of colossal limestone slabs, dating to the fourth millennium BC.
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This guide to Ħaġar Qim, the hilltop temple near Qrendi in southern Malta, a short trip from Valletta, follows J. G. Vance, a Royal Engineers officer handed public money by Governor Sir Henry Bouverie in eighteen thirty-nine to clear the ruins. It weighs what he found and what he wrote against how he worked, and brings in Antonio Caruana, the librarian who came back decades later. Best heard standing in front of the great doorway.
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