Alien rail tracks and temples on Malta

The Clapham Junction, also known as il-Kbir Misraћ Gћar is an accumulation of prehistoric grinding marks in the south of the island of Malta. Genesis and significance of the tracks are controversial.

It is generally assumed today that they at the beginning of the second Millennium BC created i.e., during the Bronze Age, the beginning of Malta with a repopulation of the 500 years coincides previously deserted islands.

Because some grinding marks are interrupted by Phoenician grave shafts, a creation of the starting date of the Phoenician settlements around 800 BC unlikely. Together with the megalithic temples on the island they belong to the still incompletely explored archaeological archaeological monuments from the early history of Malta.

Its title comes from the plant to the fact that an Englishman, who reported on them, reminiscent of the arrangement at the sight of the tracks in the same station in London, felt

There are other explanations, each of which there are weighty counter-arguments. The Maltese archeologist Anthony Bonann dates the formation of grooves on the 7th Century BC According to him, it was at the drag marks to devices of the Phoenicians. The set of traces is the comparatively low level of construction activity in Malta Phoenician not be reconciled.

Another explanation relates to the observation that the tracks run in most cases towards the sea. Some sources even claim that the tracks were to follow a depth of 70 m below sea level. However, the limestone, which is located below sea level, is attacked by strong waves, which complicates any proof. Should the tracks can actually follow up far below the present sea level, this would mean that the tracks are much older, as the sea level has risen only from about 5000 BC to the present level. Therefore, this hypothesis has been taken up by Erich von Daniken, who believes to see in the footsteps of takeoff and landing sites of extraterrestrial beings.