{"id":1520,"date":"2024-02-24T21:03:49","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T21:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/?p=1520"},"modified":"2024-02-24T21:03:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T21:03:49","slug":"earths-most-ancient-temples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/earths-most-ancient-temples.html","title":{"rendered":"Earth\u2019s Most Ancient Temples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/malta-temple-pixabay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1521\" src=\"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/malta-temple-pixabay.jpg\" alt=\"Temple in Malta\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/malta-temple-pixabay.jpg 640w, http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/malta-temple-pixabay-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>When the Great Pyramid of Giza was new and shiny, and Stonehenge was freshly built, there were sacred structures that had been constructed more than 1,000 years earlier. I\u2019m talking about the temples on the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta. And they\u2019re still standing today.<\/p>\n<p>Malta is rich with myths and legends. You\u2019re probably familiar with the 1941 Humphry Bogart movie, \u201cThe Maltese Falcon,\u201d about the precious black bird, encrusted from beak to claw with the rarest jewels, that was created in 1539 as a tribute paid to King Charles V of Spain by the Knights Templar of Malta.<\/p>\n<p>The falcon story may be fiction, but the Maltese Knights Templar were real. In the early 1300s, the King of Sicily gave the island to the Christian military organization as a reward for their services during the Crusades. The Templars built fortifications and created a new city.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/valletta-pixabay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1522\" src=\"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/valletta-pixabay.jpg\" alt=\"Valletta, Malta cityscape\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/valletta-pixabay.jpg 640w, http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/valletta-pixabay-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nValletta is the smallest capital city in Europe in size, but it\u2019s packed with history. It was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980, and in 2024 Travel &amp; Leisure magazine listed it as one of the Best Places in the World to Visit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We\u2019re going there in September, and you\u2019re invited to join our small group of spiritual seekers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tour is hosted by Ronna Prince &amp; Dr. Donald Backstrom. Ronna is a conscious channel of the Ascended Masters and Galactic Councils of Quantum Masters. Donald is a practicing chiropractic physician and a metaphysician who works with healing and balancing energies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Malta-cathedral-interior.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1523\" src=\"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Malta-cathedral-interior.jpg\" alt=\"St Johns cathedral, Malta, interior\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Malta-cathedral-interior.jpg 640w, http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Malta-cathedral-interior-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHere are a few Malta tour highlights\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In St John&#8217;s Co-Cathedral, see masterpieces painted by Caravaggio when he was a Maltese Knight of Obedience<\/li>\n<li>Ride the ferry to Gozo and see the Ggantija prehistoric temples<\/li>\n<li>Explore the Mosta Church, one of the most concentrated energy spots in Malta<\/li>\n<li>Visit the Hypogeum, which the Smithsonian recently called \u201cOne of the world\u2019s best preserved prehistoric sites,\u201d dating to 4000 BC<\/li>\n<li>Take part in an experiential workshop on the Creation Chakras, led by Ronna and Donald.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Dates for this Spiritual Malta tour are September 15-21, 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/malta-24.html\"><strong>Click Here For Full Malta Tour Details<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Photo credits:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click.mlsend.com\/link\/c\/YT0yNDIyMTEwMzI5OTE2ODg4MjcxJmM9bjduMiZlPTE5MjgmYj0xMjg4MDI5MTgxJmQ9dzhsMGI1bQ==.pQdXUxpoOc2zETtRsGxmCdPWmIY5s4TqEgnOOLXCNg4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click.mlsend.com\/link\/c\/YT0yNDIyMTEwMzI5OTE2ODg4MjcxJmM9bjduMiZlPTE5MjgmYj0xMjg4MDI5MTgxJmQ9dzhsMGI1bQ%3D%3D.pQdXUxpoOc2zETtRsGxmCdPWmIY5s4TqEgnOOLXCNg4&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708891264781000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2dSf0Oy6hddUqYGSCbmuML\">Bellina 09<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click.mlsend.com\/link\/c\/YT0yNDIyMTEwMzI5OTE2ODg4MjcxJmM9bjduMiZlPTE5MjgmYj0xMjg4MDI5MTgyJmQ9czd1NmMwZw==.m40Q7t89gBH8ZhYIyAXjxkGz2rcmPWZYkE0FVQCT2b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click.mlsend.com\/link\/c\/YT0yNDIyMTEwMzI5OTE2ODg4MjcxJmM9bjduMiZlPTE5MjgmYj0xMjg4MDI5MTgyJmQ9czd1NmMwZw%3D%3D.m40Q7t89gBH8ZhYIyAXjxkGz2rcmPWZYkE0FVQCT2b0&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708891264781000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3jxQAUHZAJbhmb9SZIci8J\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the Great Pyramid of Giza was new and shiny, and Stonehenge was freshly built, there were sacred structures that had been constructed more than 1,000 years earlier. I\u2019m talking about the temples on the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta. And they\u2019re still standing today. Malta is rich with myths and legends. You\u2019re probably familiar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[413],"tags":[513],"class_list":{"0":"post-1520","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-europe-tours","7":"tag-malta-guided-tours","8":"entry","9":"has-post-thumbnail"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1524,"href":"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520\/revisions\/1524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}