This month, one of the world’s best preserved prehistoric sites — a 6,000-year-old underground burial chamber on the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta — reopened to the public. Last June, Hal ...

1979: expert mission on climatology and hydrology; 1980: expert mission in hydrology ; 1990: expert mission to examine the ventilation system ; August 1994: UNESCO mission 1990 Expert Mission Report, ...

The National Museum of Archaeology in the Maltese capital city of Valletta recently held a show entitled, "Malta, the great story of a small island-nation through 100 objects." Few places could tell ...

The unassuming museum built above the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum, a prehistoric subterranean temple and ossuary in the town of Paola. Photograph by Stefaan & Eric via Flickr. The approach to Gozo, Malta’s ...

Malta is home to some of the oldest megalithic structures on Earth — temples built from 20 to 50-ton limestone blocks long before the wheel, metal tools, or even recorded history. Carbon dating places ...