ROUGH STONE MONUMENTS 



There are other megalithic buildings in Malta 

 besides the three which we have discussed, but 

 none of them call for more than passing mention. 

 On the heights of Cordin or Corradino, overlooking 

 the Grand Harbour of Valletta, there are no less 

 than three groups, all of which have been lately 

 excavated. In all three we see signs of the typical 

 arrangement of elliptical areas one behind another, 

 and in the finest of the three the curved facade 

 and the paved court which lies before it are still 

 preserved. 



It was for a long time believed that there were 

 no dolmens in Malta. Professor Tagliaferro has 

 been able to upset this belief by discovering two, 

 one near Musta and the other near Siggewi. It 

 is hardly credible that these are the only two 

 dolmens which ever existed in Malta. More will 

 no doubt yet be found, especially in the wild 

 north-west corner of the isle. 



The megalithic builders of Malta did not confine 

 their achievements to structures above ground, 

 they could also work with equal facility below. 

 In the village of Casal Paula, which lies about a 

 mile from the head of the Grand Harbour of 

 Valletta, is a wonderful complex of subterranean 

 chambers known as the Hypogeum of Halsaflieni, 

 which may justly be considered as one of the 

 wonders of the world. 



The chambers, which seem to follow no definite 



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