Ggantija temples Gozo older Egyptian pyramids

Malta built enormous stone temples before Egypt built its pyramids

The Ġgantija temples on Malta's island of Gozo date to the fourth millennium BCE, centuries before the great pyramids of Egypt. Their builders assembled massive stone blocks without modern machinery. The surviving structures show that communities were organizing ambitious monumental construction long before many of history's most famous civilizations.

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Ggantija temples Gozo older Egyptian pyramids

Malta built enormous stone temples before Egypt built its pyramids

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