UNIQUE FIND IN MALTESE WATERS
Structures resembling a megalithic temple have been found under Maltese territorial waters
by Dione Borg  (Il-Mument, 31 Oct 1999, Sunday newspaper)

Recently, structures resembling a megalithic temple have been found on the seabed in 
Maltese waters and they are being studied to see if indeed they are a form of megalithic 
temple.

These studies are being done by foreign archaeologists because this find is being considered 
a very important one and there is great interest amongst foreign archaeologists.

From information that Il-Mument has, it seems that this discovery has been announced in 
Augsburg, Germany by Professor and Archaeologist Hubert Zeitlmar in a meeting of the 
Paleo Astronaut Society on the 18th August.

The discovery was made on the 13 July 1999 at 10 am and was filmed.  The diver and 
cameraman who filmed the structures was Shaun Arrigo while the diver and photographer 
who took photos was his brother Kurt.

Il-Mument has interviewed Professor Zeitlmar who explained that amongst these structures 
there are two stone circles. There are also other structures that seem to be long and 
rectangular but are mostly broken and damaged.  These structures are on a type of platform 
and are in water that is between 8 and 15 metres deep about three kilometres from the 
Maltese coast.

Professor Zeitlmar said that the way the stone blocks had fallen and were damaged indicated 
that a large waves had invaded what was once dry land.

The German archaeologist said that these structures were mostly covered in seaweed but from 
the video and photos it can be clearly seen that they resemble other temples from the Hagar 
Qim period.

In the area of the structures underneath the sea there also seem to be lines (known as 
"cart ruts") which can be found in several other places in Malta.

It seems that the discovery of these structures is being given different archaeological 
explanations and the first indications are that they can be compared with the temples of 
Hagar Qim, the Hypogeum, Ggantija and Imnajdra which
supposedly go back to 3,500 BC.

This archaeological find is causing much discussion amongst archaeologists particularly 
about the period in which it could have been built.  The German archaeologist insists 
that these structures must have been built much earlier than the megalithic temples in 
Malta and the questions he is trying to answer is who built these structures, when were 
they built and why?

It seems that what caused archaeologist Zeitlmar to look for these structures are the 
books written by Zecheria Sitchin, The Earth Chronicles, which details the origin of 
ancient civilisations.

From these books and from the way that prehistoric temples are built in Malta and Gozo, 
archaeologist Zeitlmar investigated the possibility of other temples and prehistoric 
structures that haven't yet been dug up or found.  It seems that his theory was built 
around the possibility of finding these structures somewhere in Maltese territorial waters.