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New dating study links Malta's 'cart ruts' to more recent human activity, not prehistory

Researchers re-examining the deep grooves carved into bedrock across Malta and Gozo, long dubbed 'cart ruts' or stone 'railways,' say evidence points to the tracks being formed well after the prehistoric period many had assumed. The findings challenge earlier claims that tied the ruts to Malta's Neolithic or Bronze Age monument builders.