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Altar room at the Tarxien Temple, Malta. The           
temple complex, situated in a busy suburb of           
the town of Tarxien, is famous for its finely          
polished stone and spiral ornaments (4th mill. BCE).
#07020318

Altar room at the Tarxien Temple, Malta. The temple complex, situated...

One of the "apses" or oval ends of a cult room in      
Tarxien Temple, Malta. The temple complex is situated  
in a busy suburb of the town of Tarxien and is famous  
for its finely polished monoliths and spiral ornaments 
(4th mill. BCE).
#07020319

One of the "apses" or oval ends of a cult room in Tarxien Temple, Malta. T...

Female head from the Hypogaeum                         
(underground cemetery),                                
Hal Saflieni, Tarxien, Malta.
#07020323

Female head from the Hypogaeum (underground cemetery),...

Necklace beads ring, fragments of bracelet             
and gold leaf, from Malta                              
Gold embossed, filigree                                
Height 4 - 2.2 cm                                      
Diameter of heads 1.2 cm
#11010611

Necklace beads ring, fragments of bracelet and gold leaf, from Malt...

Gold leaf; embossed,                                   
filigree, from Malta                                   
Height 4 cm
#11010612

Gold leaf; embossed, filigree, from Malta...

Amulet depicting Horus and Anubis with gold leaf.      
Gold, casting, lamination (7th-6th BCE)                
From the tomb of Ghajn Klieb, Rabat, Malta             
Height 2.5 cm
#11010613

Amulet depicting Horus and Anubis with gold leaf. Gold, casting, laminatio...

Pair of bracelets; casting, silver and gold            
from Rabat, Malta (10th-6th BCE)                       
Diameter 7.5 cm
#11010614

Pair of bracelets; casting, silver and gold from Rabat, Malta (10th-...

Amulet case in shape of a falcon's head.               
Bronze, laminated                                      
from Rabat Tal-Virtu, Malta                            
Height 4.85 cm
#11010625

Amulet case in shape of a falcon's head. Bronze, laminated...

Commemorative cippus (small stone marker)              
with inscription.                                      
Marble, engraved, 14 x 16 cm                           
From Gozo, an island north-west of Malta.
#11010627

Commemorative cippus (small stone marker) with inscription....

Votive cippus (small stone marker) with bilingual      
inscription in Phoenician and Greek.                   
from Rabat, Malta.                                     
Marble, engraved (7th-6th BCE).                        
50 x 23.5 x 8 cm
#11010628

Votive cippus (small stone marker) with bilingual inscription in Phoenicia...

Votive plaque with inscription.                        
Ivory, engraving, from Tal Silg                        
3.1 cm x 10 cm
#11010629

Votive plaque with inscription. Ivory, engraving, from T...

Right hand with forearm.                               
Ivory, carving, engraving,                             
from Tal Silg, Malta                                   
Length 4 cm
#11010630

Right hand with forearm. Ivory, carving, engravin...