This collection of essays, by leading scholar and academic Professor Mario Buhagiar, brings together
in 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 informed
analysis 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-Has
Sajjied Districts
*The Funerary Triclinia of the Maltese Catacombs
*The Iconography of the Maltese Rock-Tombs: Romano-Punic, Early Christian and
Byzantine
*The Rock-Engravings and Architectural Decoration of the Romano-Punic and Early
Christian 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 Art
Historical 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 the
Archaeological Evidence
*Gozo in Late Roman, Byzantine and Muslim Times