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GĦAR DALAM
BY BENJAMIN BORG
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BRIEF INTODUCTION
TO THE SITE

Ø Malta’s oldest prehistoric site

is Għar Dalam. Picture of
Għar Dalam
Ø Ancient animal bones which
consist of dwarf elephants ,
hippopotami, dear etc. were
found in this cave.
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Dwarf elephant
skeleton
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THE FIVE LAYERS

§ Archeological excavations
in the period of the
19th century have led
to the discovery of
five main layers of Domestic animal
interest. layer

Calcareous
§ The different layers are sheet
‘Hippopotamus
Deer layer
Layer’, ‘Deer Layer’,
‘Pebble layer’, Pebble layer

‘Domestic animal
Hippopotamu
layer’ and the s layer
‘Calcareous sheet’.

Picture of the five layers