Peet, T. Eric (Thomas Eric), 1882-1934 · London, New York : Harper & brothers · leaf 122
rating into Europe from Africa. The earliestneolithic remains of Italy, Crete, and the ^Egeanseem to have no parallel in Malta, and the firstinhabitants of whom we find traces in the islandwere builders of megalithic monuments. Smallas Malta is it contains some of the grandest andmost important… … 99 ROUGH STONE MONUMENTS valleys, each within sight of the other and of thelittle rocky island of Filfla. The temple of Mnaidra is the simpler of thetwo in plan (Fig. 21). It consists of two halves,the more northerly of which was almost certainlybuilt later than the other. Each half consists oftwo…