Tarxien

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Late Neolithic temple complex in eastern Malta with four temples dated c 3500-2500 BC. Many stone slabs in the walls and courtyards are decorated with relief carvings. The most remarkable find is the lower half of an enormous statue of a 'fat lady', known also from figurines and thought to represent a goddess, and is 2.75 meters high. The temples were abandoned c 2500 BC. In the ruins, Bronze Age people placed a rich cremation cemetery, dating 2500-1500 BC. The Bronze Age culture is named the Tarxien Cemetery culture after this site.

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