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title: Megalithic Model From Malta
author: Jennifer Brown
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2292/megalithic-model-from-malta/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
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# Megalithic Model From Malta

_Authored by [Jennifer Brown](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/JauntingJen/)_

## Image File

[![Megalithic Model From Malta](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/2292.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/2292.jpg)

## Image Caption

Model of a [Megalithic](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/megalithic/) building carved out of Globigerina Limestone. It shows a trilithon entrance and walls formed of slabs. Above these are one or two courses of horizontally laid slabs projecting inwards. The roof is apparently composed of seven horizontal slabs. 3800-3000 BCE Provenance: Discovered in 1923 during excavations of the Ta Hagrat [Temple](https://www.worldhistory.org/temple/) Complex, Mgarr Village, Gozo. Currently housed at the National Museum of [Archaeology](https://www.worldhistory.org/Archaeology/) in Valetta, Malta.

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## Cite This Work

### APA
Brown, J. (2014, February 06). Megalithic Model From Malta. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2292/megalithic-model-from-malta/>
### Chicago
Brown, Jennifer. "Megalithic Model From Malta." *World History Encyclopedia*, February 06, 2014. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2292/megalithic-model-from-malta/>.
### MLA
Brown, Jennifer. "Megalithic Model From Malta." *World History Encyclopedia*, 06 Feb 2014, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2292/megalithic-model-from-malta/>.

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