Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). The Sleeping Lady. Clay statuette found in a burial chamber in the Hypogeum of Hal Saflieni, Malta. Dated ca. 3000 BC. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta.

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