The Megalitic Malta

Ggantija, Gozo - left

Mnajdra, Malta - top right

Hagar Qim, Malta - bottom right

The Hypogeum

The Hal-Saflieni Hypogeum is one of the most interesting places in Malta. There a lot of interesting and aslo some funny theories about it, because it's so fantastic that everybody fiction his own explanation about the its functions. The scientist think this is a prehistoric necropolis. Some people say they saw alliens inside :). For me it was a fasctinating experience to go there. I didn't know that have to register for the visit (the visits are limited because of the climatic regime of the monument) so I just went there one sunday without any preliminary registration. After I found it (it wasn't easy) they said I can't go inaside because I don't have registration. But I had the chance that I was alone, I'm a girl ;), I wasn't speaking english very well but was asking a lot of questions and was so unhappy because I was leaving Malta next day, and also there weren't namy tourists at that day, so the guides let me in even on a reduce price (a student price or something like that) and were explaning a lot of things only for me (the others of the group weren't so interested by the wall-paintings and some other things). I thinks this was one of my luckyest days :)

The Sleeping Lady

The Sleeping lady was discovered in the Tarxien Hypogeum and is the best-known Maltese artefact. It was probably a cult figure and can be seen now in the Archeological museum in Valletta. (The hystoric city of Valletta is also an UNESCO site). There's no way to see it on the postcard but the statue is very small in opposite of the huge megalitic monuments know from Malta. 

Tarxien

Malta is most famous with its prehistoric megalithic temles. The most famous of them you can see on this postcard -The Tarxien Hypogeum, located in the village Tarxien and is also an UNESCO site. Here is the plan of the site with prononciation of the name (maltese people pronounce a bit different - even Malta sounds more like Moolta), also here is a list of the maltese temples.