Ħaġar Qim, over 5000 years old, is found at the top of a promontory with a fertile plain to its east and garrigue sloping down to the sea to the west. 500m downhill from Ħaġar Qim one finds Mnajdra, a contemporary building, probably used by the same community given its proximity.
The late-Neolithic site of Ħaġar [...]
Archive for the tag 'Solstice'
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Malta 2023
Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra Archaeological Park
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 24th 2024
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Salisbury 2014
Solstice Stones
Stonehenge is an ancient prehistoric site and has been a place of worship and celebration at the time of Summer Solstice since time immemorial. Hopefully today it will by a Sunny Solstice sunrise
14 Comments CherryPie on Jun 21st 2014
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Christmas Wishes
I invite you to join me at Vision & Verb where I muse about the Winter (December) Solstice, the end of the world prediction and Christmas.
4 Comments CherryPie on Dec 21st 2012
