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History
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Rediscover Malta’s recent history through the eyes of Herbert Ganado
Media.Link Communications has made all 80 episodes of its Rajt Malta Tinbidel audiobook series available on streaming platforms, including Spotify and YouTube.
Mosaics of Samson and commemorative inscriptions discovered
The discovery was made during excavations in the ancient Galilean synagogue at Huqoq.
A mystic’s life in objects
Peasant, mystic, & local religious superstar: the Karmni Grima Museum in Għarb, Gozo, tells the story of a 19th century woman whose religious experiences led to the erection of the Basilica of Ta’ Pinu.
Maltese woman finds the world’s oldest-known book, rewrites history!
Noticing a small bit of thread sticking out of a two-millennia-old piece of papyrus saw conservator Theresa Zammit Lupi push the history of the book back by 400 years.
Discovering Malta’s heritage: 5 historic sites to explore
Bored of summer already? Time to make like a tourist and rediscover Malta's treasures.
Celebrating one of Malta’s first inhabited areas at the Żejtun museum
The Żejtun Parish Church Museum houses some wonderful treasures from the city’s past, including furniture, sculptures, etchings, and a painting from the School of Caravaggio.
Explore traditional fishing techniques at the Tunnara Museum
The Tunnara Museum in Mellieħa is one of those easy-to-miss places of interest, that are actually really worth a visit as it explores one of our Islands’ lesser-known customs, that of the mattanza.
Unique opportunity to view St John tapestries
For the first time since 1990 and following 16 years of complex and meticulous restoration, the public can once again lay their eyes on Grand Master Perellos’s iconic set of tapestries. But hurry as this isn’t a permanent exhibition!
Machine learning identifies first British fossil of therizinosaur dinosaur
Teeth found in Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and Dorset are believed to belong to the maniraptorans, a group of dinosaurs,…
‘My guilty weekend pleasure is plant shopping’
Fernando Mifsud is the head gardener and curator of the Grade I-listed Villa Frere in Pietà, currently undergoing restoration. His weekends include voluntary work, feeding chickens and family time.