Mnajdra
CountryMalta
Date3600 BC
RegionQrendi
About Mnajdra
Three temples aligned to solstices and equinoxes. The smallest temple has precise astronomical alignments. Older than Stonehenge by 1,000 years. Built by a civilization that left no written records.
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