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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

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