Abstract
THE vast megalithic buildings with their pillars and sculptures scattered in such profusion on the barren little island of Malta present a most fascinating problem for the archæologist. Miss M. A. Murray is to be congratulated on discovering and scientifically exploring and describing yet another of the puzzling structures during three years of most careful and accurate excavation. Borg en Nadur, as her site is named, proves to represent a typologically early form of those ‘temples’ already known at Hagiar Kim, Hal Tarxien, and elsewhere in the island. It consists of two pairs of apses linked by a short passage and leading to a semicircular sanctuary, the whole opening on to a large enclosed court.
Excavations in Malta.
By M. A. Murray. Part 1. With a Chapter by G. Caton-Thompson. Pp. iii + 49 + 21 plates. Part 2. With a Chapter by G. Caton-Thompson. Pp. iii + 43 + 33 plates. Part 3. With a Chapter by C. Ainsworth Mitchell and Thomas J. Ward. Pp. iv + 38 + 35 plates. (London: Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., 1923–25–29.) 3 Parts, 15s. net.
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C., V. Excavations in Malta . Nature 124, 719–720 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124719a0
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