Hypogeum - Neolithic Temples from 3000BC | EP: 30, p1 | The Local Traveller with Clare Agius | Malta

Published 2021-05-26
Travel back in time with Clare as she visits the Hypogeum of Ħal Saflieni, a Neolithic subterranean structure dating to the Saflieni phase (3300 – 3000 BC) in Maltese prehistory, located in Paola, Malta.

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The Local Traveller follows Clare Agius as she explores Malta and Gozo in search for their many hidden gems. Sit back as Clare uncovers the Maltese Islands' culture, cuisine, and natural heritage with the help of a few friendly locals.

Credits:

Presenter: Clare Agius
Guests:
- Maria Elena Zammit
Photography:
- Matthew Mifsud
- Gabriel Piscopo
- Luke Borg
- Noel Pace
Videography: Creative Corner
Drone footage: Salvu Vella
Research:
- Heritage Malta
- Clare Agius
- Fabian Mizzi
Script & Production: Clare Agius
Director: Fabian Mizzi

Special thanks:
- Heritage Malta
- The Warehouse

Opening Song: Semplicità by The Travellers

English Translation and Subtitles are funded by Malta Arts Council.
Translators:
Luisa Castorina, Martina Caruana, Martina Cremona, Amina Baldacchino, Nathlin Johnson from the Department of Translation, Terminology and Interpreting Studies.
Faculty of Arts, University of Malta

All Rights Reserved 2021 - Clare Agius - One Group

All Comments (15)
  • @LunnaJannah
    WhTba beautiful documentary and two beautiful women
  • @johnabela932
    What a uniquely historic Maltese treasure of world importance 📙 🛡. Interesting vlog!! 👏 👏 👏. THANKS CLARE and Maria Elena Zammit. . Cheers 👍 🇲🇹 ♥ 🇪🇺 ©.
  • They were more advanced than people think you don’t build stuff they did with bones and other stones , there was something more going on with these megalithic builders
  • @LunnaJannah
    As I speak Latin, Italian and Sicilian it’s so weird I can understand most of what ur saying 😂 what a unique Language
  • I would like to know where are the ponds showing in the opening
  • @an0n1m0us5
    Staying on her cell phone takes away from her professionalism, but I enjoy this video and the Hypogeum is an excellent example of megalithic engineering.
  • @LunnaJannah
    That used to be brought is Sicily thank u because no one recognises there are aboriginal Sicilians and we are ancient! We still speak the language. And the Greeks and others were not the first! We haven’t moved. Same as Malta for some reason we are not as respected. But I’d be jealous too if I was small minded. Forza Malta 🇲🇹 Respecto Primum non nocere semper
  • @WENCHY101
    Several different theories in this than what I just watched on the science channel. To me the one on the science channel seems to be more accurate.
  • @halloalle2588
    The official age of the temples of Malta and the first high culture with 4000 - 6000 years is unbelievable. The C14 isotope method could never be unequivocally assigned to the stone. That these are the oldest monuments of mankind is since 2000 also no longer credible because of Göbekli Tepe. Archaeoastronomical calculations at the Mnajdra complex in Malta even suggest that the temples are around 21,000 years old. See also "Das Vermächtnis der Tempel von Malta" by AncientMail Publisher.