Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta.
Special thanks to the head of department Dr Carmel Serracino.
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 [...]
A Potted History: Malta’s Earliest Pottery
Lecture 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. Photo: Detailed [...]
A historiography of Maltese catacomb study: from the sixteenth century to 1899
Lecture by Ms Rebecca Xerri, graduate in Archaeology, University of Malta. Photo: St. Paul's catacombs, Rabat - Malta. Uncover Malta, 2019. abstract https://youtu.be/nsH-GGqGwHs
The contribution of Francis S. Mallia (1921-1988) to Maltese archaeological practice
Lecture by Mr Nico Muscat, Masters graduate in Archaeology, University of Malta. Photo: Francis Mallia in 1963 excavating Għar il-Friefet. Part of the University of Malta/ [...]
Annual General Meeting – POSTPONED
Details to be announced closer to the date.
Putting the stone back in the Stone Age: new research on the end of the Maltese Temple Period
Lecture by Dr Huw S. Groucutt, Max Planck Independent Research Group leader in Jena, Germany. After existing for over one thousand years, the Maltese Temple [...]
CANCELLED – Visit to Msida Bastion Cemetery and Historic Garden
Site visit at 2 pm to the Msida Bastion Cemetery and Historic Garden, a heritage site restored and managed by Din l-Art Ħelwa. The 90-minute [...]
‘Flying high in an unfriendly sky’: How aviation changed Malta for good during the Second World War
Lecture by Mr Anthony Burgess, guest lecturer in Maritime Archaeology at the University of Malta. The impact of aviation on Malta can be seen in [...]
CANCELLED – Afternoon site visit
Location to be confirmed.
Looking at old pots with fresh eyes: revisiting the pottery from the 1960s excavation at Ras ir-Raħeb (Malta)
Lecture by Dr Maxine Anastasi, Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta. Between 1960 and 1961, several crates of pottery and other finds were [...]
The transformation of antiquities and the making of historical monuments in early modern Malta
Lecture by Mr Jonathan Borg, Head of Unit (Heritage Planning Consultations) at the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage. Ancient objects transform gradually into historic monuments as [...]
POSTPONED – Archaeology in the Birkirkara region: structures and artefacts
Lecture by Fr. Eugene P. Teuma OFM Conv., an independent researcher.
Open-firing: a practice-based approach to understanding prehistoric firing technologies
Lecture by Dr Tim Willey, experimental archaeologist, researcher and visiting university lecturer. Undoubtedly, the earliest ceramics were open fired - that is, fired without the [...]
POSTPONED TO 28 MAY – Morning seminar
Speakers from the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage.
Borġ in-Nadur: a 100 years on
Presentation by Ms Katya Stroud, Senior Curator Prehistoric Sites, Heritage Malta and Dr Josef Caruana, Curator Prehistoric Sites, Heritage Malta. https://youtu.be/4nQaM-4jOnk