In Gozitan folklore, the Neolithic temples of Ġgantija were actually believed -on account of the size of their enormous megaliths- to have been constructed by a giantess fed on a diet of broad [...]
The Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum skulls, which have captured popular imagination since they were unearthed, are currently on display at the National Museum of Archaeology in Valletta, in an exhibition [...]
Sealed and forgotten from prehistory to the dawn of the 20th century and then alternatively an animal pen, a wartime shelter, a playground for children, and a museum, the Hypogeum has yet to [...]
On the fourth of May 1798, 15 Floreal on the French Republican Calendar – a 28-year old young man on the rise dictated a letter to his secretary that was to change the course of local [...]
This winter, descend into the underground neolithic and journey into mystery. Discover an ochre dappled world of light and shadow and explore the unique subterranean rock-cut chambers and wall [...]