Mysterious cart-ruts: image gallery
Cart-ruts are found in several locations across the planet: Cyrenaica, Germany, Greece, Sardinia, Sicily, Southern France, but they are most abundantly observed in the Maltese islands. Not all the cart-ruts have the same origin and not all cart-ruts fulfill the same purpose. Some are built with stone brick gutters; some are weathered wagon tracks and […]
Mysterious cart-ruts: functions and behavior
The phenomenon of the cart-ruts remain an unsolved puzzle to all authors and scholars who tried to describe their function and behavior. The parallel channels, sometimes in single pairs but often found in groups, are cut in rock and occur in different patterns. There are instances when a single pair branches into two or more […]
Mysterious cart-ruts: farmers scratching a living?
The cart-ruts are a unique man-made construction present in the Azores Islands, Malta, Switzerland, France, and Italy, among other countries. The most famous ancient cart-tracks area in the world are in the Maltese Archipelago in the central Mediterranean islands of Gozo and Malta that present hundreds of kilometers of ancient track-ways carved thousands of years […]
Mysterious cart-ruts: Underwater
The mystery of the cart-ruts or “wagon ruts” is unexplained, weird, and wonderful for both researchers and scientists. Hundreds if not thousands of parallel lines of carts seemingly cut deep into the bedrock are found across different continents. The cart-ruts are a unique man-made construction present in the Azores Islands, Malta, Switzerland, France, and Italy, […]
Mysterious cart-ruts: Azores Islands
The mystery of the cart-ruts or “wagon ruts” is unexplained, weird, and wonderful for researchers and scientists. As the name suggests, the cart-ruts give the impression of ancient cart tracks that might have passed over in the same place. Various dating shows that cart-ruts might have occurred more than 10,000 years ago, several thousand years […]
Cart ruts worldwide: a common culture?
When analyzing history, we need to look at different phenomena more holistically, taking into account several features across time and places, and with multiple scientific perspectives (stemming from history, ethnography, physics, chemistry, geology, genetic, ecology, economy, culture, etc.), and if necessary, to change the existing paradigm. The longer we study and analyze history and many […]
Cart ruts in ancient landscapes: worldwide
When analyzing history, we need to look at different phenomena more holistically, taking into account several features across time and places, and with multiple scientific perspectives (stemming from history, ethnography, physics, chemistry, geology, genetic, ecology, economy, culture, etc.), and if necessary, to change the existing paradigm. The Cart Ruts are parallel lines seemingly cut deep […]
Mysterious cart ruts: Malta
Hundreds if not thousands of parallel lines seemingly cut deep into the bedrock of cart are found across the Maltese Archipelago in the central Mediterranean islands of Gozo and Malta. These ancient cart ruts have puzzled the experts for centuries. Some of the strange tracks deliberately plunge off cliffs or continue off-land right into the […]
Mysterious cart ruts: Malta
Among the large number of archaeological and prehistoric sites all over Malta and Gozo with Mnajdra and Ghar Dalam to name a few, none remain more mysterious than the cart ruts. The cart ruts of Malta seem to be everywhere and in all kinds of environments, such as on hilly terrain, on rocky plateau, on […]
Megalithic Temple: Mnajdra
Mnajdra is a megalithic temple complex found on the southern coast of the Mediterranean island of Malta, located approximately 497 meters (544 yd) from the Ħaġar Qim megalithic complex. The Megalithic Temples of Malta are among the most ancient religious sites on Earth, described by the World Heritage Sites committee as “unique architectural masterpieces.” In […]
