Prehistoric Malta: Tarxien Temples and Saflieni Hypogeum

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Title: Prehistoric Malta: Tarxien Temples and Saflieni Hypogeum
Author: Professor Sir Themistocles Zammit
Introduction, illustrator, photographer: Ing. Karl Mayrhofer
Year: 1994 (1929 and 1935 original booklets)
Publisher: Interprint Limited
Country: Malta
96 pages

Apparently a reprint of two earlier pamphlets or monographs. Though I'd have liked a little more background information, this exposition on Malta's archaeology was extremely interesting, enough so that I have added Malta to list of places I'd like to visit. (September, 2013: Did it! Fabulous temples.) The temples are interesting, but the Hal-Seflieni Hypogeum, an extended underground facility, is totally cool.  I would have preferred more information on the uses of the structures and the meanings of the decorative motifs, but these may not have been known at the time of publication.

You can find better photos by searching for the key words in image search (for example, Malta Tarxien Saflieni Hypogeum), including some (or very similar) shots that appear in the book in black and white.