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Essays on the Archaeology and Ancient History of the Maltese Islands, Hardback Book

Essays on the Archaeology and Ancient History of the Maltese Islands Hardback

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This collection of essays, by leading scholar and academic Professor Mario Buhagiar, brings togetherin a single volume a select miscellany of studies which focus primarily on Bronze Age, Punico-Roman,Early Christian and Byzantine archaeology and history filtered through a synthesis of the archaeological,documentary, and art historical evidence.

Its main strength is the contextualisation and informedanalysis of the iconographic and artistic source material. The essays include:*The Fortified Bronze Age Settlements of the Maltese Islands*Two Archaeological Sites: Ras ir-Raheb and Ras il-Wardija*Roman Malta: A Review of the Archaeological Source Material*The St Paul Shipwreck Controversy: An Assessment of the Source Material*St Paul's Shipwreck and Early Christianity in Malta*The Early Christian Cemeteries: An Overview*The Bingemma Necropolis*The Jesuits' Hill Archaeological Site on the Grand Harbour*The Late Roman and Early Christian Hypogea of Tarxien and Casal Paola*Late Roman and Early Christian Burial Sites in the Zebbiegh-Mgarr and Birkirkara-HasSajjied Districts*The Funerary Triclinia of the Maltese Catacombs*The Iconography of the Maltese Rock-Tombs: Romano-Punic, Early Christian andByzantine*The Rock-Engravings and Architectural Decoration of the Romano-Punic and EarlyChristian Hypogea*The Xaghra ta' Santa Duminka Rock-Tombs: Reflections on Maltese Early Christian Art*The Early Christian and Byzantine Site at Abbatija tad-Dejr: Archaeological and ArtHistorical Insights*The Jewish Catacombs of Roman Melite*Early Christian and Byzantine Malta: Archaeological and Textual Considerations*The Early Christian Remains at Tas-Silg and San Pawl Milqi: A Reconsideration of theArchaeological Evidence*Gozo in Late Roman, Byzantine and Muslim Times

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