I think the answer is the same as why there are so many on the island of Anglesey, in Wales - there are lots of layers of different types of rock (common on islands) - and thereby, fault lines. They usually are built on fault lines, of which there are plenty on Malta due to the varying types of rock.

Thank you so much 🙂

Yes it’s rather an intriguing mystery that the early farmers moved there from Sicily.

it's nice. steps super slippery in the rain. but then a gate stops you from going down further...and thank the stars for that... the locals will make a mess of the area... (i am a local)

Haha yes I've never attempted to go down those steps because they look very slippery. It's a lovely little protected habitat which is great.

Thank you!

It certainly appears so Bill!

I feel this comment SO much!

There is...I will try to explain in a non scientific easy way... If you travel very far in the universe you can reach the lights emanated by earth millions of years ago. With good telescopes (not yet invented) you could see what was going on on Earth at that time. Something like that!

I didn't think about that! Good point. So, basically we need a phenomenally fast spaceship and a brilliant telescope.

@@AP-iy9ho I thought about that when I was a kid, but you would need to travel faster, much faster, than light and not get ripped apart by cosmic dust and micrometeors in the process. If you wanted to peer back 4,000 years, you would need to go more than 4,000 lightyears away at a speed that would get you there within your lifetime, carrying a massive telescope with you. Interesting idea, great for science fiction, but physically impossible.

@@MegalithHunter heard it from some scientist :)

Thanks Jim!

great point, Jon! and, back then, farmers didn't have our modern entertainment. so, yeah, lots of time for those projects. got me thinking, now.......

Good point Jon. With seasonal work they would have had some time. Well, with drones it's hard to know where to start. When old texts mention stones in fields, there's no GPS reference obviously so would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. Also, yeah they might shoot em! Haha

On it!

There is one. Check my Mediterranean Mysteries playlist.

Thanks a lot Barry! Hope you enjoyed the big holiday and had lots of delicious food!

@@MegalithHunter Oh Yes! Thanks!

I’ve been up there many times. It’s a nice walk. Lots to see.

Thank you!

Mr Fox you beat me to it again. I came to ask about topsoil too, though I did plan to corrupt my brain with a brief google search first. I'm guessing all the geology about Malta's limestone is well documented. I'm finding more and more my limited youtube study through Geo Girl on all things bio, geo and chemistry with a dash of NASA thrown in has become seriously useful in terms of being able to ask better questions. Now I don't pretend I know all about limestone but I think a little study would reveal much fast enough. From a spring house clean to weeding and planting, geology will have to wait til the day isn't sunny and bright. Maybe Laura already knows the answers as per usual. Lol I'm always too quick to discount worship in favour of food, and defences/war. For worship/temples to occur, wealth and idle time had to have been abundant enough that survival was not in imminent danger. They would have to have been in peace time, with no wars, food would need to be plentiful enough that survival on a daily basis was reasonably assured. No natural disasters, civil unrest or disease/pandemics or plagues. Alllll of those factors would need to align for there to be money, time and brain space to mess around building temples. I'm more willing to believe farms and forts before fun. Idk, assuming all of us are wrong, what other possibilities haven't we thought of?

hiya, Fox! yup, i can see the breast-work angle but, who, or what, were they defending against? are there any indications of major conflict at that time and place? i don't think the Roman Empire was an entity in the Neolithic. nor the Carthaginians nor any sea-faring culture, that i know of. but then, i probably DON'T know. the walls which have megalithic stones at the bottom and smaller stones above, yes, they easily could be defensive structures, built on top of or, at least, using the megaliths. i believe Laura said some of those could be Punic or Roman era. anyhoo, it seems yer thought processes were also stimulated by this video👍👍 "No alzheimers for you!!!"

@@KerriEverlasting ah yes, Kerri! leave it to you to be more pragmatic about the whole thing. i do tend to agree, at least about the importance of food production. however, some folks worry more about the spiritual than the physical well-being. personally, if i'm hungry, i'm going to work to feed my hunger and let my spirit fend for itself. just sayin'

@@KerriEverlasting Not to worry. There are so many questions we can all be-devil Laura with our questions. Here is the drill on sink holes. A few are in igneous rock and are actually lava tubes dating back to when the lava flowed. Those in Hawaii for example. Thin spots develop in the tube. Then somebody drives over the lava flow and the car breaks through. I almost did that once in Hawaii. But most of the sinkholes you see on KZfaq are in limestone. Big or small they are caused by water seeping through the stone, slowly dissolving it. Then boom! The top falls in and you get a great big hole. Or a small one. Sometimes they come under a small lake. Then they will suck the entire lake into them. As we determined in the cart rut video Malta has a lot of limestone bedrock. Thus one might expect sink holes. Now top soil builds up over time on bedrock. All types of rock. But limestone more so. The lime buffered the pH of normally acidic plant compost. This acidity helps break down the limestone in a reinforcing pattern. Thus you can get some very nice topsoil on limestone bedrock. You lime your garden to make it fertile. Right, country girl? So. Once you have topsoil the limestone is covered. Then things happen. Geologically, glaciers and water may erode the top soil right down to bedrock. Example the scab lands in eastern Washington by the grand coulee. Or people may farm it away. Here in Tennessee we have historical records of the forested deep rich soil on the rolling hills from the 1740’s. By 1900 farmers with mules and plows had reduced those rolling hills into valleys full of eroded soil and bare exposed limestone ledges on the hill sides and ridge tops. Some places to soil is stable. Ireland for example. They have farmed there since before recorded history. The land is still intact with little erosion. Sicily is another example. There, like Tennessee, they plow rocks. Have been doing so since before recorded history. Most top soil is in a few valleys or out in the ocean. The agricultural soil conservation types are very good at spotting natural and man made erosion. Just looking at pictures of Malta I’d guess that people have farmer there since time immemorial. And the spots with good soil are sheltered in some way. The general absence of soil and exposed bedrock in other areas points to somebody with a sharp stick stirring it up long ago. When they got some good rains. Because the bare spots now would have been the best spots then to plant. Thus they eroded. Add all those megaliths and that suggests a big population. Lot of people stacking rocks. Lot of people farming. A nice place. And if you have a nice place then there are other people who want what you have. We know boats have been around for 60,000 years and you could probably triple that and be safe. So it’s conceivable that back when Malta was Eden-like there were people who wanted to come take it. And others who resisted. And so I see spot defensive positions in those lonely stone walls. Think of the us boarder with Mexico. Or the old Berlin Wall. Not forts. Not temples. But walls to keep people in or out…. Actually just slow them down enough you can fight or capture them. Well that’s my thoughts. I’m always up for discussion! Fox out.

@@vulpesvulpes5177 yeah, boats have been around for a long time. but, serious naval type attacks? i don't know. maybe. Malta, being an island, would have needed a large assault force to have been conquered. however, knowing the human male, it could be possible. war seems to be one of the few things that have been with us throughout our history. and religion, of some form.

I’ve read it. I met her too last Feb. I agree the hypothesis is very interesting.

Oh wow! Will research them.

@@MegalithHunter here is a small sample. Kalalau valley has 6000 acres of terracing like this. Other valleys have more. What I'm interested in are the massive rounded boulders laying around. Since I made this video I have found so much more and even some with faces carved into them. It's a hidden history of Hawaii. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mZySq8-LmNnefps.html

THanks David!

Much appreciated!

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Thanks!

Yes I live in Malta

@@MegalithHunter Oh !!! no wonder. Big smile.

Exactly Floyd! So many! I would agree without hesitation but then India. Have you seen that Yuga cycle of 240,000 years or something ridiculously huge along with 58 billion gods with as many arms. Then if you read the tiniest bit of stuff you find out they have loads more descriptions for conscience, consciousness, the universe, gods and astronomical cycles as according to their historical literature. I wouldn't believe for a moment that they are all temples... except evidence of Exactly that exists today in places like India. I just finished saying on Fox's post how unlikely it is they are allll temples... But on reflection. It is actually entirely possible. Another point for Laura. Thats about 800/0 at this point, in favour of Laura lol

@@KerriEverlasting yes, Kerri, but! you certainly come up with some good points of your own. and, yes, some folks are megaliths of spirituality😁

@@floydriebe4755 maybe there is more worshipping going on than I would have thought...

@@KerriEverlasting ikr kinda boggles the ole synapses, eh? i was raised Presbyterian but, when i grew up and saw all the hypocrisy in so-called Christianity, i went my own way. looked into other religions and, finally, decided that; if one tries to live a life of acceptance of, and consideration for, others and their beliefs and culture, and strives to be a good person, one has done their best. we are, after all, the same, all human beings, of the same flesh. now, that's over, let's have beer🍺🍻🍺

@@floydriebe4755 I don't really get religion either tbh. The closest I came was watching Sabine Hossenfelder spend a 20 minutes physics video proving that God doesn't exist. My unthinking response was... yeah but... And somehow I knew there must be some kind of God, somehow. Just, yeah but. Nothing else. She proved her point flawlessly. But I just somehow knew, at 47 years old, yeah but. There's something. And that there is my entire connection to spiritual stuffs. My dear Church of England Mummy told me to believe whatever I wanted and duly signed me into ethics instead of religion. She's a good mummy. Lol

Mmmmmmm! Good question!

I'm not sure about that one!

No. Will be away. I believe they sell the tickets online on the Heritage Malta website.

Agh OK, Yes I was there today they may have 2 left for the 20th but the system was down. 21st is all sold. I was hoping you had a spare ticket for sale :))

If I could figure out how to share them. Drop me an email: megalithhunting @ gmail

Malta used to be connected to North Africa.

Just like modern Malta too! There’s more than 350 churches! My village must have at least 20 itself lol