With such an old history and wealth of temples, Malta has always been popular with archaeologists trying to find artifacts from the past, to better explain the way of life of the people of those times.
The Archaeological Programme take the visitor to the main parts of the island where the guide explains the findings up to the current day. Any visitor experiencing this will have pictures in their mind of many ages through the history of time. Some of the highlights are:
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Hagar Qim – a temple unique to the Maltese islands due to the limestone used in its construction
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Mnajdra – a megalithic temple of the third millennium BC. The most impressive of the Mnajdra temples is the third, with its largely intact façade and bench constructed in the early Tarxien phase (3150 – 2500 BC)
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Hal Saflieni Hypogeum - a multi- storey underground temple. The Hypogeum consists of halls, chambers and passages hewn out of the living rock and covering some 500m square
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Tarxien Megalithic Temples – This complex of 3 linked temples were erected in the third and fourth millennium B.C.
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Ggantija Prehistoric Temples – Visit this magnificent temple complex. The sheer size makes them Malta’s most impressive temples.
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Ghar Dalam – 144 metre long natural cave with remains of animals dating back to the glacial period. Massive stalagmites and stalacities reveal its antiquity
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National Museum of Archaeology – Auberge de Provence, completed in 1575, holds the various sculptures and tools which have been found in temples across the Maltese Islands.