Ggantija in Malta

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In Ancient Apoclapyse on Netflix, journalist Graham Hancock challenged archeologists by suggesting that Ggantija could have been built much prior to what has been estimated by archeologists. 

 

 

Below is an excerpt from an article in Malta:

 

Hancock visited Gozo’s Ġgantija, the oldest of the Maltese temples. The series shows a visual reconstruction of what the temple must have looked like thousands of years ago. The complex in its prime shows an impressive and towering three-storey temple with walls painted in red.

 

Hancock suspects that everything archaeologists have said about Malta’s past, could be wrong.

 

According to Malta’s official timeline, the first people settled here around 7,900 years ago. It is said that they were simple, Stone Age farmers who crossed over to Malta on a raft from the neighbouring island, Sicily.

 

They brought with them the first domesticated animals and plants, and as people settled, they developed their own culture.

 

The Ggantija temples are said to have been built 5,600 years ago, though there is no written sources which says this, nor reliable carbon dates.

 

 

“None of the prehistory of Malta stacks up,” Hancock (above, screenshot from series) said.

 

Strolling around the towering megaliths, which make up the tall structure, Hancock said that he is convinced there was another lost civilization which could have built the extraordinary structures way before the first farmers from Sicily arrived on the island.

 

Hancock said that it’s possible that an older civilization walked to Malta, back when the island was connected to Sicily and the remaining of Europe. During the last Ice Age, around 12,000 BC, animals migrated to the warmer Malta to survive the harsh period.

 

 

He associated the famous myth of Osiris and Isis, where Osiris established rule of law and taught civilizations agriculture. Osiris left Egypt under Isis’ rule, while he travelled the earth, teaching civilization skills such as the construction of such temples and knowledge of the stars.

 

Hancock also believes that there could be further evidence of older, lost civilizations beneath the waves, as Malta was connected to mainland Europe before rising sea levels created the island.

 

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Interesting theories but it is probably also true that we have a lot to dig about the pre-history as well. In Indian mythology too, there is mention of great culture and its illuminated people that walked the earth. In a way, it is amazing how unrelated ancient cultures have many similar "myths" (or spoken records to some). 

 

[Tibarn]

I didn't see the documentary yet, but, from what I have heard, it has been fairly controversial. I am wondering whether it is better to watch the film or to listen to the interview with him and Randal Carlson?