Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta.
Special thanks to the head of department Dr Carmel Serracino.
Day trip to Gozo
Archaeology Centre Car Park 6, University of Malta, Msida, MaltaLed by Dr Anton Bugeja, taking 9:45 ferry from Cirkewwa. Sites to be visited include Dwejra, the Gozo Citadel (excluding Museum of Archaeology), Borg l-Gharib [...]
Pure Stone: The Jewish Stone-Vessel Industry andRitual-Purity Practices in the First Two Centuries of the Common Era
Superintendence of Cultural Heritage 173 St Christopher Street, Valletta, MaltaFrom about the late first century BCE, a stone-vessel industry emerged in ancient Palestine which produced a unique corpus of chalkstone vessels whose distribution is virtually limited to Jewish sites. Many scholars link the use of these vessels with Jewish purity practices. In this lecture, Dr Dennis Mizzi will present an overview of ritual purity in ancient Judaism while also exploring the use of chalkstone vessels within this framework. In addition, Dr Mizzi will present preliminary results from the recent excavation of a stone-vessel workshop at ‘Einot Amitai (near Nazareth).
Annual General Meeting
Archaeology Centre Car Park 6, University of Malta, Msida, MaltaFollowed by drinks and a snack. Please note that there will be no afternoon site visit.
A River Runs Through It: The Göksu Valley Through Time
Superintendence of Cultural Heritage 173 St Christopher Street, Valletta, MaltaLecture by Dr Naoise Mac Sweeney, associate professor of Ancient History, University of Leicester. Sponsored by APS Bank. POSTPONED
Shipwrecks from Malta’s recent past and what these tell us
Superintendence of Cultural Heritage 173 St Christopher Street, Valletta, MaltaLecture by Dr Timmy Gambin, senior lecturer, Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta. Sponsored by APS Bank. NB The Archaeological Society Malta is [...]
Site visit to the multi-period sanctuary site of Tas-Silġ, Marsaxlokk
Tas-Silġ Archaeological Complex Tas-Silġ, Marsaxlokk, MaltaLed by Mr David Cardona, acting senior curator Phoenician, Roman and medieval sites, Heritage Malta, and Professor Nicholas Vella, Associate Professor of Mediterranean Archaeology and [...]
Medieval Malta – an island satellite in the lee of Sicily: its landscape, hydrology and culture
Superintendence of Cultural Heritage 173 St Christopher Street, Valletta, MaltaLecture by Dr Keith Buhagiar, Visiting Lecturer in Palaeochristian, Byzantine & Medieval Archaeology, Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta. Sponsored by APS Bank. [...]
[POSTPONED] Seminar in Gozo about Għar Għerduf
Circolo Gozitano 6, Sir Adrian Dingli Street, Victoria, MaltaThe Archaeological Society Malta and the Circolo Gozitano are organising a seminar in Gozo about Għar Għerduf, the only catacomb site in Gozo. The speakers [...]
Limestone use in Maltese prehistory and up to the Knights’ period
Superintendence of Cultural Heritage 173 St Christopher Street, Valletta, MaltaLecture by Dr Peter Gatt, senior lecturer on construction materials at MCAST and geotechnical and geomaterials consultant. Sponsored by APS Bank. abstract
The craniological collection of the Karolinska Institutet: history, pathologies and repatriations
Superintendence of Cultural Heritage 173 St Christopher Street, Valletta, MaltaLecture by Ms Ann Gustavsson, osteoarchaeologist, archivist/curator Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Sponsored by APS Bank. abstract
From the River to the Sea: The Göksu River Valley in Human History
Superintendence of Cultural Heritage 173 St Christopher Street, Valletta, MaltaLecture by Dr Naoíse Mac Sweeney, associate professor of Ancient History, University of Leicester. Sponsored by APS Bank. abstract
Site visit to the Salini catacombs, Tal-Qadi temple remains, and the Bugibba temple
Ta' Cassia Triq il-Katakombi, In-Naxxar, MaltaLed by Ms Patricia Camilleri and Mrs Ann Gingell Littlejohn. Heritage Malta is kindly waiving the entrance fee but would appreciate donations on the day. [...]
Mission Impossible: the archaeology of Lampedusa in three days
Superintendence of Cultural Heritage 173 St Christopher Street, Valletta, MaltaLecture by Prof. Anthony Bonanno, Professor, Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta. Sponsored by APS Bank. abstract
A lucky throw every time: ancient maritime religion & Roman anchors from Malta
Superintendence of Cultural Heritage 173 St Christopher Street, Valletta, MaltaLecture by Dr Amelia Robertson Brown, Senior Lecturer in Greek History & Language, Classics & Ancient History discipline, School of Historical & Philosophical Inquiry, University [...]
Annual General Meeting POSTPONED
Archaeology Centre Car Park 6, University of Malta, Msida, MaltaAt 11am at the the Archaeology Centre, University Campus, Car Park 6, followed by drinks and a snack. Afternoon site visit to Ras ir-Raħeb, led [...]
Early Christian archaeology: the first centuries up to A.D. 500. From domus ecclesia to basilica-churches, with implications relating to Roman Melita
Superintendence of Cultural Heritage 173 St Christopher Street, Valletta, MaltaLecture by Fr Eugene Teuma OFM (Conv.), independent researcher. Sponsored by APS Bank. abstract
Gozo Day Trip CANCELLED
Led by Dr Anton Bugeja. Details to follow.
Annual General Meeting
Archaeology Centre Car Park 6, University of Malta, Msida, MaltaThe Annual General Meeting of The Archaeological Society Malta will be held on Saturday 2 June at 11 am, Archaeology Centre, University Campus, Car Park [...]
Site visit to Għar Dalam Park
Ghar Dalam Triq Ghar Dalam, Birzebbugia, MaltaSpecial morning site visit for members and families of The Archaeological Society Malta organised by Heritage Malta. Mr David Cardona, Heritage Malta Senior curator Phoenician, [...]
Heritage Malta’s Phoenician, Roman and Medieval sites: a backstage preview
National Museum of Archaeology Auberge de Provence, Triq ir-Repubblika, Valletta, MaltaLecture by Mr David Cardona, Senior curator Phoenician, Roman and medieval sites, Heritage Malta. The section of Heritage Malta's Phoenician, Roman and Medieval sites is [...]
Cosmology in Archaeology
National Museum of Archaeology Auberge de Provence, Triq ir-Repubblika, Valletta, MaltaThe Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta, is organising a one day symposium on Cosmology in Archaeology. For the programme and abstracts, and [...]
Controlling territory: the Greek fortress of San Basilio near Lentini, Sicily
National Museum of Archaeology Auberge de Provence, Triq ir-Repubblika, Valletta, MaltaLecture by Mr Italo Giordano, specialised archaeological guide, Sicily. North of the Greek colony of Leontinoi and on the southern edge of its ancient chora, [...]
Exhibition – Core and Periphery: Mdina and Safi in the 9th and 10th centuries
National Museum of Archaeology Auberge de Provence, Triq ir-Repubblika, Valletta, MaltaA special guided visit to a temporary exhibition at the National Museum of Archaeology, Republic Street, Valletta on Saturday 24 November at 2:30 pm. This [...]
Looking down on archaeology – flying drones over archaeological sites
National Museum of Archaeology Auberge de Provence, Triq ir-Repubblika, Valletta, MaltaLecture by Dr Ing. John Betts, Senior lecturer, Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or as they are called [...]
Archaeology, archaeogenetics and identity: genetic research within the Maltese context
National Museum of Archaeology Auberge de Provence, Triq ir-Repubblika, Valletta, MaltaLecture by Mr Karl Hallett, graduate in archaeology, University of Malta.
Scratching below the surface…excavating the Phoenician shipwreck off Gozo
National Museum of Archaeology Auberge de Provence, Triq ir-Repubblika, Valletta, MaltaLecture by Prof. Timmy Gambin, Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta. After over ten years of exploring the surface of the Phoenician Shipwreck [...]
Mission Impossible: the archaeology of Lampedusa in three days (episode 2) – POSTPONED TO 22 MAY – FURTHER POSTPONED TO 29 MAY
POSTPONED TO 22 MAY. FURTHER POSTPONED TO 29 MAY. Lecture by Prof. Anthony Bonanno, Professor, Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta and Dr Ruben Borg, [...]
St. George and al-Khidr: A Mediterranean Saint for Christians and Muslims – NEW
National Museum of Archaeology Auberge de Provence, Triq ir-Repubblika, Valletta, MaltaLecture by Dr. Erica Ferg, assistant professor of Liberal Arts at Regis University in Denver, Colorado, where she teaches courses on Islam, Christianity, Judaism, world [...]
Continuity and Change in regulating the Cultural Heritage Sector – the work of the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage
National Museum of Archaeology Auberge de Provence, Triq ir-Repubblika, Valletta, MaltaPresentation by the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage. Mr Joseph Magro Conti is Superintendent of Cultural Heritage and Ms Bernardette Mercieca Spiteri is Cultural Heritage Executive [...]
Annual General Meeting
Archaeology Centre Car Park 6, University of Malta, Msida, MaltaAnnual General Meeting followed by drinks and a snack. An afternoon site visit will follow.
Site visit to Ras ir-Raħeb and Kunċizzjoni
Bahrija Church, Triq Dun Saverin Bianco, Il-Baħrija, MaltaThis will be led by Professor Nicholas Vella, Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta, and Dr Keith Buhagiar, Visiting Lecturer in Palaeochristian, Byzantine [...]
Ceramics and Science: an archaeometric analysis of early Maltese pottery – POSTPONED TO 2020
National Museum of Archaeology Auberge de Provence, Triq ir-Repubblika, Valletta, MaltaLecture by Dr Catriona Brogan, Research Fellow from the School of Natural and Built Environment- Queen’s University Belfast; Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, University of Malta.
Mission Impossible: the archaeology of Lampedusa in three days (episode 2) – POSTPONED TO 29 MAY
National Museum of Archaeology Auberge de Provence, Triq ir-Repubblika, Valletta, MaltaPOSTPONED TO 29 MAY. Lecture by Prof. Anthony Bonanno, Professor, Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta and Dr Ruben Borg, senior lecturer, Faculty for the [...]
Mission Impossible: the archaeology of Lampedusa in three days (episode 2)
National Museum of Archaeology Auberge de Provence, Triq ir-Repubblika, Valletta, MaltaPOSTPONED FROM 22 MAY. Lecture by Prof. Anthony Bonanno, Professor, Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta and Dr Ruben Borg, senior lecturer, Faculty for the [...]
Construction frenzy or changing ideologies? The case of Tas-Silġ, Marsaxlokk
National Museum of Archaeology Auberge de Provence, Triq ir-Repubblika, Valletta, MaltaPresentation by Dr Maxine Anastasi (Lecturer, Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta); Dr Ing. John C. Betts (Head of the Department of Classics [...]
Maritime connectivity and cross-cultural interactions between Malta and Sicily during the Late Medieval period
National Museum of Archaeology Auberge de Provence, Triq ir-Repubblika, Valletta, MaltaLecture by Dr Keith Buhagiar, Visiting Lecturer in Palaeochristian, Byzantine & Medieval Archaeology, University of Malta. An excerpt in the 1154 Tabula Rogeriana by Al-Idrisi, [...]
Year 0 – the Melite Civitas Romana Project
National Museum of Archaeology Auberge de Provence, Triq ir-Repubblika, Valletta, MaltaPresentation by Mr David Cardona, Senior Curator for Phoenician, Roman and Medieval Sites, Heritage Malta and Mr Robert Brown, Roman Archaeologist, Senior Ancient History Educator. [...]
Eggstraordinary Objects: ostrich eggs as luxury items in the ancient Mediterranean – POSTPONED TO WEDNESDAY 20 JANUARY 2021
National Museum of Archaeology Auberge de Provence, Triq ir-Repubblika, Valletta, MaltaLecture by Dr Tamar Hodos, Reader in Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Bristol.
Lecture by Dr Michel Bonifay of the Aix-Marseille Université
National Museum of Archaeology Auberge de Provence, Triq ir-Repubblika, Valletta, MaltaDr Michel Bonifay, Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Aix-en-Provence will look at the ubiquitous presence throughout the [...]
Industrial Archaeology: the appraisal and restoration of the historic reinforced concrete Water Tower
Archaeology Centre Car Park 6, University of Malta, Msida, MaltaLecture by Prof. Ruben P. Borg, Associate Professor, Faculty for the Built Environment, University of Malta. The Reinforced Concrete Water Tower in Marsa, Malta was [...]
CANCELLED: The Jebel Moya Project: Pastoralists and Farmers in southern Sudan
National Museum of Archaeology Auberge de Provence, Triq ir-Repubblika, Valletta, MaltaCANCELLED. Presentation by Dr Isabelle Vella Gregory, affiliate scholar at the McDonald Institute for Archaeology, University of Cambridge, and Dr Michael Brass, co-director of the [...]
CANCELLED: A historiography of Maltese Catacomb study: from the sixteenth century to 1899
National Museum of Archaeology Auberge de Provence, Triq ir-Repubblika, Valletta, MaltaLecture by Ms Rebecca Xerri, graduate in archaeology, University of Malta.
CANCELLED: Annual General Meeting
Archaeology Centre Car Park 6, University of Malta, Msida, MaltaAnnual General Meeting followed by drinks and a snack.
CANCELLED: Ceramics and Science: an archaeometric analysis of early Maltese pottery
National Museum of Archaeology Auberge de Provence, Triq ir-Repubblika, Valletta, MaltaLecture by Dr Catriona Brogan, Research Fellow from the School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen’s University Belfast; Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, University of Malta.
Half a decade of diving the Phoenician Wreck off Xlendi – artefacts, bits and pieces with a story to tell.
Lecture by Professor Timmy Gambin, Associate Professor, Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta. NB: The Archaeological Society Malta is a Collaborating Organization of International Archaeology [...]
The Jebel Moya Project: Pastoralists and Farmers in southern Sudan
Presentation by Dr Isabelle Vella Gregory, affiliate scholar at the McDonald Institute for Archaeology, University of Cambridge, and Dr Michael Brass, co-director of the University College London [...]
Provenance investigation of stone tools and the position of Malta in the Neolithic network of the Central Mediterranean Sea
Lecture by Dr Petros Chatzimpaloglou, affiliated post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge. Abstract https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLVPAkDCzSo
Eggstraordinary Objects: ostrich eggs as luxury items in the ancient Mediterranean
Lecture by Dr Tamar Hodos, Reader in Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Bristol. abstract
Introduction to Roman glass forming and decoration techniques
Lecture by Ms Liliya Pangelova, a Bulgarian visual artist who lives and works in Malta. She has a Masters in Ceramic and Glass Design from the [...]