Megalithic Marvels - The Dark Secrets of Malta’s Hypogeum: Missing People, Elongated Skulls & a Cover-Up? (rewind)

Episode Date: September 28, 2026

This is a 2 part series. Watch part 1 HEREMalta is one of the most mysterious islands in the world. A prehistoric civilization once thrived here building megalithic sites all over the landscape, yet its most mysterious site lies hidden deep underneath the ground. Known as the Hypogeum of Ħal Saflieni, this subterranean labyrinth of interconnecting elliptical chambers was engineered straight from the bedrock and features three different levels. This mysterious site features an oracle chamber that resonates throughout the entire structure where 7,000 + skeletons were discovered inside - most of whom possessed elongated skulls. Who were these ancient humanoids? Strangest of all, stories from the 1920s recount how a group of children descended down into the Hypogeum never to return again... JOIN ME ON A TOUR

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basically fell the dust and crumbled upon the first touch, and that only about 20 of them really remained intact. Now, out of these 20, the whereabouts of only six of the skulls are supposedly currently known today. And what remains to testify of their existence and abnormality are the photos that this Dr. Anton Mifsud and his colleague Dr. Charles Ventura detailed in their books about the abnormalities of the skulls. During the 80s and 90s, this Dr. Anton Mifzud managed to capture a few photographs of the then surviving six skulls. that were exhibited at the National Museum of Archaeology in Valletta. So if you're watching this by video, you're going to see now or soon photos of these skulls on the screen. So in his publication titled The Elite Longheads of Malta, Mifsaid stated, quote,

Great Reluctance prevails on the part of several members of the local archaeological establishment to acknowledge the true nature of our Maltese ancestors. The evidence of Paleolithic art in Malta has been wiped out. At the present time, the long-headedness of the late Neolithic Maltese is being challenged in the very same spot where these people practiced the religious rituals in the Hal Saflini Hypogeum, end quote. So from a guy who's spent a lifetime researching the hypogium and these skulls found inside and traveling to Malta,

or he might even live in Malta actually, this Mifsa. Those are some pretty damning statements about the mainstream archaeological community and the seemingly cover-up that it has ensued regarding the sight in these skulls. Now, Mifsaid goes on to write in his book that the two publications that had measured the skulls in 1910 and 1911 both pronounced all the hypogeum skulls as long-headed or elongated. And the 1910 measurements had been carried out in accordance with the rules laid down by the International Congress for the unification of cranometric measures of 19-Oval. Two men by the name of Vittorio di Cesar and Adriano Forgione of Hara or Hara magazine in Rome, Italy. These were the two only non-officials to obtain permission, apparently, to investigate these hypogium skulls. And they published a very thorough article regarding their findings.

Now, their research confirmed that the cranium of these skulls was naturally, long and not the result of bandaging or boards. And they couldn't find any evidence of median knitting or sagittal sutures. Now in 1920, National Geographic Magazine in their January to June issue reported that the first inhabitants of Malta were a race with elongated skulls. And in the article, they wrote, quote, from an examination of the skeletons of the polished stonings, it appears that the early inhabitants of Malta were a race of long-skulled people of lower medium height akin to the early people of Egypt who spread westward along the north coast of Africa whence some went to Malta and Sicily and others to Sardinia and Spain end

quote so to me it's ironic that we've got national geographic which today is considered the mainstream gatekeeper or one of them of all things history right in the 1920s they're writing that these rulers of malta were elongated scold peoples now this next paragraph i'm going to read you really caught my attention i've heard a lot about this story over the years and always been intrigued by but I had never heard this part until just a couple weeks ago. Anton Mifsa, author and researcher, who wrote this book called The Elite Longheads of Malta, in writing about the cover-up of this site and these skulls, he writes the following, quote,

the entire structure had risked total collapse during its refurbishment because of neglect. Crucial artifacts such as a painted bowl had been erased from one of the walls on the second level. And a large six-fingered hand had been engraved on another wall had been obscured into oblivion. These acts had been perpetrated through the irresponsible activity, of certain senior archaeologists, end quote. And he's again talking about his visits to the hypogium in the 80s and 90s, I believe. Mifsaid also wrote that in 1973, a very large quantity of human remains were also discovered at a smaller hypogeum site in Santa Lucia, called the Santa Lucia Hypogeum.

never, ever been exhibited as well, and their present-day whereabouts is unknown. Let's wrap this up by getting back to the topic of the third level of the hypogeum. I believe it was the second archaeologist, Zammett, who wrote that a number of seven specific steps led from the middle level of the hypogium down towards the lower level. And remember that I stated earlier, the third level descends down to 33 feet below ground level. And this third level is now closed to the public. And there may be a reason for this. Again, according to National Geographic Magazine, in their August 1940 publication,

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Book hot fairs and vacation packages today. Nice travels. And the subheading was Tragedy in Malta's Tunneled Maze. And this is written by the author Richard Walter. And I'm going to read it for you now. Quote, prehistoric man built temples and chambers in these vaults. In a pit beside one sacrificial altar lie thousands of human skeletons. While we cycled homeward, our friends.

told us that the island was honeycombed with a network of underground passages, many of them catacombs. Years ago, one could walk underground from one end of Malta to the other, but all entrances were closed by the government because of a tragedy. On a sightseeing trip, comparable to a nature study tour in our own schools, a number of elementary school children and their teachers, descended into the tunneled maze and did not return. For weeks, mothers declared that they had heard wailing and screaming from underground. But numerous excavations and search parties brought no trace of the lost souls. After three weeks, they were finally given up for dead.

So that is a literal article from the August 1940 National Geogne. magazine. There's some other publications out there that I believe shared the story, but National Geographic would be the biggest. A crazy account, if true. And that to me is what is so amazing and mysterious about this site. You've got this beautiful island with these prehistoric megalithic structures all over the surface. We talked about one of the other ones at the beginning of this show. And then you've got the hypojeem itself, which is just incredible ancient engineering, subterranean, but it's not just that. You've got the Oracle Chamber. You've got resonance and acoustics. We've got artifacts of the sleeping lady. We've got these incredible, colorful,

red ochre paintings. We've got a depiction of a six-fingered hand on one of the walls of the hypogium. We've got all these skeletons with elongated skulls and odd genetic anomalies that were discovered inside the structure. And sadly, if true, we also have missing people that went down, into this subterranean structure to the third level and we're never seen again. So you've got all these different aspects. To me it makes for an incredible story. This is an incredible ancient structure full of so much mystery and intrigue. And it really brings so many questions to light.

Why were all these elongated skulls in Malta removed from public display after an And it wasn't again just from the hypogeum, but it was these other sites too were elongated, naturally elongated skulls were discovered. Why are they now only available apparently to researchers? These should be the greatest artifacts and specimens on display there in the National Museum of Archaeology on Malta. You know, does this cover up have anything to do with the sudden death of the original archaeologist Emmanuel Magri and his reports that disappeared. Why were they never found? Why were they never published? And why has the original numbers of skeletons changed from 33,000 to 7,000? I saw 100 somewhere down to 20 and now apparently there's only six left. I get that some schools are going to

crumble and they're just going to fall apart. But only six. I also can't help but wonder why were these ancient elongated, sculled peoples or humanoids of Malta living underground? Were they somehow survivors of a great ancient cataclysm, maybe a solar disaster, solar flare, and they had to get underground to survive and or were these elite long-headed humanoids using this sub-training chamber for ritual purposes? Were they abducting normal humans on the surface and enslaving them underground? Were they using the resonance chamber to transfix, to hypnotize, to seduce they're captives. Were these elongated skull people's hybrid humanoids of sorts? That's what I lean towards. Did these elongated skulls give them telepathic communication abilities? And does that relate

again to the Oracle Chamber? So many questions regarding this site. But one thing is for certain. There's a whole lot of mystery in Malta. My reg league goalie says he plays for the love of the game. You gave up six goals last week, Steve. Maybe play to win, huh? Like with Bet365, I get paid the second my team goes up big with early payout and can cash out at any time before the game ends.

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