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Malta & Gozo A Journey to the goddess with althea provost

AS WE EXPLORE MALTA & GOZO'S MEGALITHIC TEMPLES HONORING

THE MOTHER GODDESS

6 DAYS, 5 NIGHTS

SEPTEMBER 2-7, 2019

We begin in the Maltese capital of Valletta

Settle into our exquisitely restored 17th Century palazzo hotel

Contemplate how many of our predecessors, nobility, knights and dignitaries walked though these doors in the past centuries

Domus Zamittello

where history meets luxury

City outside, tranquility inside

Choose private or shared accommodations

Complimentary continental breakfast

Views of Valletta's city gate, the old Royal Opera house and Republic Street

Welcoming each other on the terrace overlooking Freedom Square.

Enjoy the terrace views

We gather to harmonize to the tune of 110-111 hertz ;)

The Hypogeum

an archaeoacoustic burial chamber

Discover our Neolithic past honoring

the mother goddess, the priestesses and a unrecognized matriarchial culture

while honoring our inner temple and each other

See her red orchre script

understand the traces she left behind

a legacy buried, hidden, unacknowledged

What was left in the niches?

The sleeping lady

Explore Malta's Megalithic Temples

Tarxien, Xagħra Stone Circle, Ġgantija, Ħaġar Qim, Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

The Tarxien Temples is an archaeological complex

Built between 3600 and 2500 BC

A UNESCO World Heritage Site

Trilithon entrance, Quatrefoil apses, spiral alters, animal reliefs,

8' to 9' ft high; 2.5 to 3 m high

and a colossal statue of a skirted figure

Xagħra Stone Circle

Gozo

Visit the island site and museum

See the Neolithich Temple figurines, stone axes, precious stone and shell pendants

A burial complex

3000 to 2400 BC

Watercolor painting by Charles Brochtorff circa 1820s
See the Xagħra twins

Connect to the Past

A female skull was found at Xagħra 'Stone Circle', dating back to 5,600 years ago and Heritage Malta launched a 3D virtual facial reconstruction of this Maltese woman

Photo credit: Darrin Zammit Lupi

Ħaġar Qim Temple

a Unesco World Heritage Site

Aligned to the Summer Solstice Sunrise

Dating from 3600 to 3200 BC

Ħaġar Qim
Terracotta figure known as Venus of Malta, from Ħaġar Qim megalithic temple

The soft globigerina limestone with pitted decoration

Ħaġar Qim

Ġgantija

3600-3200 B.C.E

a UNESCO World Heritage site
Worshipping Mother Earth

Considered one of the oldest free standing monuments until the archaeological discovery of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey

Sculptures from the Ġgantija complex

We will explore the Prehistoric Temples, and peaceful bays on the idyllic Mediterranean Island of Gozo

Ggantija is a Maltese word associated with a race of giants. See stone walls that reach 19 feet high.

Explore Dwerja & See the Azure Window site

Gozo

See the natural limestone cliff area of Azure Window
Swim in the Mediterranean sea

Visit the

National Museum of Archaeology

This Venus figurine was discovered at Ħaġar Qim temple (about 3300 BCE).

Walk the prehistoric temples by the sea

Join me in discovering Malta & Gozo

BE A PART OF THIS ADVENTURE

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Althea Provost
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