The Zodiac of Malta - The Tal Qadi Stone Enigma

Maltas greatest Enigma revealed ! The Maltese Tal Qadi Stone on which celestial navigation charts for the Mediterranean and Black Sea as well as a seaworthy Phoenician birdship were represented, is a maritime navigation instrument as proposed by Isaac Newton according to which heavenly constellations enable navigation on sea routes.

Dr. Kai Helge Wirth first encountered the Tal Qadi Stone in a publication describing it as depiction of Moon and stars. The identification of the engraved forms as Moon appeared too superficial and motivated him to closer examination making use of scientific aesthetic procedures. This article is the result of several research trips to Malta. He was also interested in the presence of stars on the disc as, as his father has been for decades, He had a long-standing interest in pre-historic astral cults and archaeological insights from a scientific aesthetic viewpoint.