The threshold stone viewed from inside the temple.
This stone lies at the top of a flight of
two steps up from the outside, it has obviously been specially selected
for the prominent crystalline vein running through it which bears a striking resemblance
to a snake. Although
there are no zoomorphic carvings in the Mnajdra Temples, there are many in other
Maltese Temples. Tarxien
in particular has many carved animal representations, and at Ggantija there was
a large slab with an edge
carving of a large snake.