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- Recently, structures resembling a megalithic temple have
been found on the seabed in Maltese waters and they are being studied to
see if indeed they are a form of megalithic temple.
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- These studies are being done by foreign archaeologists
because this find is being considered a very important one and there is
great interest amongst foreign archaeologists.
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- From information that Il-Mument has, it seems that this
discovery has been announced in Augsburg, Germany by Professor and Archaeologist
Hubert Zeitlmar in a meeting of the Paleo Astronaut Society on the 18th
August.
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- The discovery was made on the 13 July 1999 at 10 am and
was filmed. The diver and cameraman who filmed the structures was Shaun
Arrigo while the diver and photographer who took photos was his brother
Kurt.
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- Il-Mument has interviewed Professor Zeitlmar who explained
that amongst these structures there are two stone circles. There are also
other structures that seem to be long and rectangular but are mostly broken
and damaged. These structures are on a type of platform and are in water
that is between 8 and 15 metres deep about three kilometres from the Maltese
coast.
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- Professor Zeitlmar said that the way the stone blocks
had fallen and were damaged indicated that a large waves had invaded what
was once dry land.
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- The German archaeologist said that these structures were
mostly covered in seaweed but from the video and photos it can be clearly
seen that they resemble other temples from the Hagar Qim period.
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- In the area of the structures underneath the sea there
also seem to be lines (known as "cart ruts") which can be found
in several other places in Malta.
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- It seems that the discovery of these structures is being
given different archaeological explanations and the first indications are
that they can be compared with the temples of Hagar Qim, the Hypogeum,
Ggantija and Imnajdra which supposedly go back to 3,500 BC.
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- This archaeological find is causing much discussion amongst
archaeologists particularly about the period in which it could have been
built. The German archaeologist insists that these structures must have
been built much earlier than the megalithic temples in Malta and the questions
he is trying to answer is who built these structures, when were they built
and why?
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- It seems that what caused archaeologist Zeitlmar to look
for these structures are the books written by Zecheria Sitchin, The Earth
Chronicles, which details the origin of ancient civilisations.
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- From these books and from the way that prehistoric temples
are built in Malta and Gozo, archaeologist Zeitlmar investigated the possibility
of other temples and prehistoric structures that haven't yet been dug up
or found. It seems that his theory was built around the possibility of
finding these structures somewhere in Maltese territorial waters.
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- From JJ Mercieca <mufor@maltanet.net 11-1-99
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- More details from yesterday's Net Tv exclusive news broadcast
of the underwater video and interview with Prof Zeitlmar.
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- Based on the last ice age, Zeitlmar calculates that the
structures were built 11,000 to 13,000 years ago - when the ice melted
it raised sea level in this area by 15 metres.
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- The structures are clearly artificial, square chambers,
rectangular chambers, round chambers, large blocks of stone interlocking
similar to those seen in Inca architecture. The ruins are on a platform
(area of flat land) over 80 metres long.
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- I'll try getting the original video and photos and placing
them on the web.
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- Regards,
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- JJ Mercieca
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