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Misraħ Għar il-Kbir. Misrah Ghar il-Kbir (informally known as Clapham Junction) is a prehistoric site in Siġġiewi, in the south of the Island of Malta, near the Dingli Cliffs. It is best known for its " cart ruts ", a complex network of tracks carved in the rock. The age and purpose of the tracks is uncertain with estimates of their origins ...
Malta (island) / 35.883°N 14.450°E / 35.883; 14.450. Filfa, St Paul's Islands, Manoel Island. Malta is an island in Southern Europe. It is the largest and most populous of the three major islands that constitute the Maltese Archipelago .The island is situated in the Mediterranean Sea directly south of Italy and north of Libya.
The geography of Malta is dominated by water. Malta is an archipelago of coralline limestone, located in Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea, 81 kilometres south of Sicily, Italy, [1] and nearly 300 km north (Libya) and northeast (Tunisia) of Africa. Although Malta is situated in Southern Europe, it is located farther south than Tunis, capital of ...
Malta ( / ˈmɒltə / ⓘ MOL-tə, / ˈmɔːltə / MAWL-tə, Maltese: [ˈmɐːltɐ] ), officially the Republic of Malta, [14] is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago 80 km (50 mi) south of Italy, 284 km (176 mi) east of Tunisia, [15] and 333 km (207 mi) north of Libya.
The Megalithic Temples of Malta ( Maltese: It-Tempji Megalitiċi ta' Malta) are several prehistoric temples, some of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, [1] built during three distinct periods approximately between 3600 BC and 2500 BC on the island country of Malta. [2] They had been claimed as the oldest free-standing structures on Earth ...
Birżebbuġa. / 35.82556°N 14.52806°E / 35.82556; 14.52806. Birżebbuġa ( Maltese pronunciation: [biːrˈzɛ.bʊdʒɐ]; sometimes shortened to B'Buġa) is a seaside town in the Southern Region of Malta, close to Marsaxlokk. It is approximately 13 kilometres (8 miles) from the capital Valletta, and has a population of 9,736 as of ...
Portolan charts are nautical charts, first made in the 13th century in the Mediterranean basin and later expanded to include other regions. The word portolan comes from the Italian portolano, meaning "related to ports or harbors ", and which since at least the 17th century designates "a collection of sailing directions".
Gulf of the Ganges ( Bay of Bengal) left, Southeast Asian peninsula in the center, South China Sea right, with "Sinae" (China). The Ptolemy world map is a map of the world known to Greco-Roman societies in the 2nd century. It is based on the description contained in Ptolemy 's book Geography, written c. 150. Based on an inscription in several ...