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    Borġ in-Nadur is an archaeological site located in open fields overlooking St George's Bay, near Birżebbuġa, Malta. It is occupied by a Tarxien phase megalithic...
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    Birżebbuġa in Malta who has reported a series of visions of the Virgin Mary since 21 April 2006, including a number of times at a hill in Borġ in-Nadur where...
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    home of Bronze Age settlers, who settled in sites such as Borġ in-Nadur. They built first fortifications in Malta. Malta was later ruled by the Phoenicians...
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    Megalithic Temples of Malta (category Megalithic monuments in Europe)
    related sites apart from those included in the UNESCO World Heritage list. These include: Borġ l-Imramma Borġ in-Nadur Buġibba Debdieba Kordin Kordin I Kordin...
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    Birżebbuġa (category Towns in Malta)
    Kaċċatura and Borġ in-Nadur. "Birżebbuġa" means "well of olives" in the Maltese language. Such linguistic evidence established early inhabitants were in the south...
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    walls. In Bronze Age Malta, some settlements also began to be fortified. The most notable surviving example is Borġ in-Nadur, where a bastion built in around...
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    "long"), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large upright stone, emplaced in the ground by humans, typically dating from the European middle Bronze Age...
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    Għar Dalam (category Archaeological museums in Malta)
    In 2019, a project was announced to improve the physical accessibility between Għar Dalam, Ta’ Kaċċatura, Borġ in-Nadur, and other sites which are in...
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    Retrieved 21 February 2008. "The Statue weeps tears of blood once again". Borg in-Nadur. Archived from the original on 15 August 2010. "'Weeping' Virgin Mary...
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    Fortifications of Malta (category Fortifications in Malta)
    fortified settlements. The best preserved of these is the village of Borġ in-Nadur, close to the modern town of Birżebbuġa. Around 1450 BC, the inhabitants...
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    Skara Brae (category 4th-millennium BC architecture in Scotland)
    settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill in the parish of Sandwick, on the west coast of Mainland, the largest island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland...
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    Dolmen (category Megalithic monuments in the Middle East)
    to achieve a level appearance. In many instances, the covering has eroded away, leaving only the stone "skeleton". In Sumba (Indonesia), dolmens are still...
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    Knap of Howar (category 4th-millennium BC architecture in Scotland)
    the island of Papa Westray in Orkney, Scotland is a Neolithic farmstead which may be the oldest preserved stone house in northern Europe. Radiocarbon...
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    Ġgantija (category World Heritage Sites in Malta)
    the Neolithic era (c. 3600–2500 BC), on the Mediterranean island of Gozo in Malta. The Ġgantija temples are the earliest of the Megalithic Temples of...
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  • This is a list of museums in Malta. Abbatija Tad-Dejr Bir Mula Heritage Borġ in-Nadur Casa Rocca Piccola Domvs Romana Fort Rinella Fortifications Interpretation...
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    Carahunge (category Archaeological sites in Armenia)
    Karenish (Քարենիշ), is a prehistoric archaeological site near the town of Sisian in the Syunik Province of Armenia. It is also often referred to among international...
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    Margaret Murray (category British people in colonial India)
    Maria tal-Bakkari, Għar Dalam, and Borġ in-Nadur, all of which were threatened by the construction of a new aerodrome. In this she was funded by the Percy...
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    Callanish Stones (category Megalithic monuments in Scotland)
    standing stones placed in a cruciform pattern with a central stone circle, located on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. They were erected in the late Neolithic...
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    Ħaġar Qim (category World Heritage Sites in Malta)
    limestone in the temple's construction. As a result of this, the temple has suffered from severe weathering and surface flaking over the millennia. In 2009...
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    Barnenez (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    The Cairn of Barnenez (also: Barnenez Tumulus, Barnenez Mound; in Breton Karn Barnenez; in French: Cairn de Barnenez or Tumulus de Barnenez) is a Neolithic...
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    Stonehenge (category Archaeological sites in Wiltshire)
    Stonehenge is a prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury. It consists of an outer ring...
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    Ring of Brodgar (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from September 2023)
    circle about 6 miles north-east of Stromness on Mainland, the largest island in Orkney, Scotland. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the...
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    The Nadur Observatory is an astronomical observatory in the Maltese islands, located in Nadur, Gozo, Malta. Operated by the Institute of Space Sciences...
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    Ale's Stones (category Archaeological sites in Sweden)
    stenar or Ale stenar) is a megalithic monument in Scania in southern Sweden. It is a stone ship, oval in outline, with the stones at each end markedly...
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    Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    in Maltese prehistory, located in Paola, Malta. It is often simply referred to as the Hypogeum (Maltese: Ipoġew), literally meaning "underground" in Greek...
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    central flat area of more than 20 m (66 ft) in diameter. There is typically little if any evidence of occupation in a henge, although they may contain ritual...
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    Carnac stones (category Articles lacking in-text citations from May 2019)
    exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites near the south coast of Brittany in northwestern France, consisting of stone alignments (rows), dolmens (stone...
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    After meeting Debono, Borg took a picture with the former PN MP. [3] Borg was raised in Nadur, Gozo and is currently living in Fontana, Gozo. He received...
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    Castle (redirect from Castles in Europe)
    European-style castles originated in the 9th and 10th centuries after the fall of the Carolingian Empire, which resulted in its territory being divided among...
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    Dwarfie Stane (category 3rd-millennium BC architecture in Scotland)
    Old Red Sandstone located in a steep-sided glaciated valley between the settlements of Quoys and Rackwick on Hoy, an island in Orkney, Scotland. The stone...
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