PPA Independent Publishing Company of the Year 2019
Campaign Business Media Brand of the Year 2020
Travel Industry Jobs
Apply for travel industry jobs or place your own recruitment briefs.Travel Industry Jobs
Apply for travel industry jobs or place your own recruitment briefs.Unearth 7,000 years of history in Malta
You may be aware of Malta’s Knights of St John, who ruled for 250 years from 1530, and whose influence can still be found in the courtyards, gardens and palaces of the capital, Valletta, which they once called home.
But did you know that Malta packs in a total of 7,000 years of history, making it the oldest island in the Mediterranean?
Malta and Gozo are dotted with archaeological sites, including a scattering of freestanding temples thought to be the oldest in the world, and which are Unesco-listed.
On a recent trip to Malta, I visited Hagar Qim on the south of the island, whose ruins of megalithic temples date back to between 3,600 and 3,200 BC, making them older than Stonehenge, and one of the world’s most ancient religious sites.
Parts of the megaliths weigh close to 20 tonnes – mind-boggling considering they would have been built by manpower.
To continue reading...
Recommended For You
Why your clients will want to wake up in the Philippines in 2021SPONSORED ARTICLE
Most read features
Competitions
Our Next Events
TTG Seminar: How can the travel industry get back to business?
TTG Digital Destinations Festival 2021
TTG Debate
