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Hancock also claims that Maltese temples
> ... if ... built in 11,000 BCE ... would have
> aligned with the Sirius constellation.
> [timesofmalta.com]
>

>
> Work on astronomical alignments in Malta - on the
> basis of the sort of evidence mentioned by Vella
> Gregory - was carried out by the late Michael
> Hoskin -
> [www.hps.cam.ac.uk]
> - and others (Title: The orientations of the
> temples of Malta. Authors: Foderà Serio, G.,
> Hoskin, M., & Ventura, F. Journal: Journal for the
> History of Astronomy, [1992] Vol. 23, Part 2, p.
> 107 - 119); see pages 116-118 in particular for
> references to Sirius (in passing) and Ggantija.
> [adsabs.harvard.edu]
>
> However, Hoskins says nothing about Sirius and
> Maltese temples in 11,000 BCE: for the simple
> reason that, as echoed by Vella Gregory in the ToM
> article: "The very first traces of human
> habitation date only to c. 5,000 BC ... " (and see
> Hoskins: 107).
>
> The real problem here, I think, is that, although
> Hancock has been described in another forum as
> "fringe royalty", it's now nearly thirty years
> since the publication of the book that really set
> the ball rolling: but it's been difficult in later
> years to keep up that sort of momentum, and find
> new audiences. He has to keep finding new ways to
> present - at best very dubious - theories. What
> he's really got going for him is the fact that a
> large section of the population is not that
> enthusiastic about applying themselves to the
> (sometimes arduous) task of getting to grips with
> the evidence left by ancient civilisations, and
> would much prefer the more sensationalist claims
> of lost civilisations that, though destroyed by
> ancient cataclysms, worked with advanced
> technology left them by ancient aliens who've
> since departed this planet, leaving traces of
> their knowledge-base to be transmitted to the
> Templars, the Illuminati, the Freemasons ... etc.
> etc. etc.
>
> It's completely daft, of course: but so much more
> fun.
>
> (See also JonnyDBrit
> [www.resetera.com]).

"Malta has a long history and was first inhabited in around 5900 BC.[1][2] The first inhabitants were farmers, and their agricultural methods degraded the soil until the islands became uninhabitable. ... "

[en.wikipedia.org]

Dates keep changing.

1] Farrugia, Claire (19 March 2018) [2018-03-18]. "First inhabitants arrived 700 years earlier than thought". Times of Malta. Retrieved 25 March 2020.


2] 700 years added to Malta's history". Times of Malta. 16 March 2018. Archived from the original on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2021.

"There is nothing as impenetrable as a closed mind"
and ..." if everything is a coincidence what is the point of studying or measuring or analyzing anything ?" db