Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple Complex. Malta. Built in honour of a mother goddess of fertility. Detail of an architectural fragment decorated with reliefs depicting a procession of animals. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta.

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