The Tarxien Temples Mystery – Older Than the Pyramids & Still Full of Secrets - Malta 🇲🇹

Tarxien Temples Malta – Older Than the Pyramids & Still Full of Secrets Standing in a modern Maltese suburb, surrounded by washing lines and ordinary houses, you suddenly find yourself face-to-face with one of the most elaborately decorated prehistoric temple complexes on Earth. The Tarxien Temples were built between roughly 3600 and 2500 BC — older than the Great Pyramid of Giza and older than Stonehenge. Here the Temple Builders left behind intricate spiral carvings, processions of animals in low relief, a colossal skirted statue (only the lower half survives), sealed altars, a finely crafted flint knife, and the famous stone spheres that were almost certainly used as rollers to move the massive limestone megaliths. In this video, I walk the entire complex, examine the key artefacts, and explore the bigger questions these stones still raise: Who were the people who built them? Why did they invest so much effort in ritual architecture? And what caused this sophisticated culture to disappear so completely? Today’s Sponsor – Roamless - (E-SIM Provider) Stay connected while travelling without the usual roaming headaches. In my opinion, this is the best E-Sim on the Market. Get 20% off with code WONDERING → https://roamless.sjv.io/DyAGzj Time Stamps 00:00 – Arrival at Tarxien Temples 01:12 – Older Than the Pyramids 02:45 – Discovery by Themistocles Zammit 04:05 – Sponsor – Roamless - Use Code "WONDERING" https://roamless.sjv.io/DyAGzj 05:10 – Walking the Temple Complex 07:20 – Spiral Carvings & Animal Reliefs 08:55 – The Colossal Statue 10:15 – The Sealed Altar & Flint Knife 11:40 – Stone Spheres / Rollers 13:05 – Ritual, Sacrifice & Fertility 14:30 – Why Did the Temple Builders Disappear? 16:10 – Connections to Ġgantija, Cart Ruts & Beyond 17:40 – Final Thoughts If you’ve enjoyed the earlier films on Ġgantija & the Giantess Sansuna, Malta’s Mysterious Cart Ruts, or the Taş Tepeler series (Göbekli Tepe, Karahan Tepe, Sayburç, Çakmaktepe and Harran), this one continues the same journey of curiosity. Malta Playlist:    • Malta Uncovered: Ancient Temples, Knights ...   🌍 Free Malta Travel Guide: https://www.thewonderingenglishman.co... 📍 RECOMMENDED PLACES TO VISIT 00:13 - Tarxien, Malta: https://go.stay22.com/HAaBoJmqB3 00:34 - Paola, Malta: https://go.stay22.com/Kpas2HSgjV 04:04 - Amiens, France: https://go.stay22.com/7aODLt6d6N 08:37 - Valletta, Malta: https://go.stay22.com/8j-lzfdZVx 17:28 - St. Julian's, Malta: https://go.stay22.com/mW0myVcjr3 🔔 New to the channel? 🎥 I’m The Wondering Englishman – exploring the world with curiosity and critical thinking. My channel isn’t here for influencer selfies — it’s about real, honest insights and the bigger stories behind every journey. If you’d like to support this kind of work: ❤️ Join the Channel for Postcards & Perks → https://bit.ly/TWEjoin ☕ Buy me a coffee → https://ko-fi.com/thewonderingenglishman 💷 Patreon →   / thewonderingenglishman   Support the channel & independent journalism 🇬🇧 FOLLOW ME EVERYWHERE: 🌍 Website: https://www.thewonderingenglishman.com 📸 Instagram:   / thewonderingenglishman   🎥 Odysee: https://odysee.com/@vanTerheyden:f 🎥 Bitchute: https://bitchute.com/TheWonderingEngl... ❌ X (Twitter):   / wonderingeng   👍 Facebook:   / thewonderingenglishman   🎬 SHOT WITH: 🔵 DJI Osmo Pocket 3: https://locally.link/KFWT 📀 Micro SD Card - 256 GB: https://locally.link/7OK4 🪫🔋 My Travel Power Adapter (I use this every day!) - https://amzn.to/4cENvWJ 🚘 Rentals & Transfers: 🏎️ Cars: https://discovercars.tp.st/fE9m6v7Q 🛞 Private Transfers: https://gettransfer.tp.st/UO8Kw9iA ✈️🛡️ Annual Travel Insurance - CoverWise - https://locally.link/F6UM (British Viewers) ✈️🛡️ International Travel Insurance - https://visitorscoverage.tp.st/5bKbCHam 🚖 TRAVEL CREDITS 🚕 UBER – Use Code: uberAVT – Free £/$ credit varies 🛴 LIME Scooters – Code: RBJ6RC5 – 1 Free Unlock 🎵 MUSIC LICENSED FROM: Lickd & YouTube 🎵 Copyrighted music licensed from Lickd. Join here for an exclusive free trial: https://referrals.lickd.co/l/ALEXVANT... An Ending (Ascent) (Remastered 2019) by Brian Eno, https://t.lickd.co/l/xOlxoYBrNQk Thanks for watching — and as always, Keep Wondering! #TarxienTemples #Malta #MegalithicTemples #AncientMalta #Neolithic #TempleBuilders #Archaeology #MaltaTravel #LostCivilisations #TheWonderingEnglishman #Spirals #StoneRollers