Archaeological Outdoor Museum

Dennis Siluk is an author and world traveller who is 'a lover of the mysteries around the world' . He visited the island after a suggestion by archeologist Charles Love and describes Malta as 'a paradise of archaeological wonders'. In this article for Useless Knowledge mag, he describes his Malta experience:

..I could go on and on about the many outdoor sites, Hagar Qim, Mnajdra Temples, Tarxien Temples, they are all over the place, but Malta itself is a kind of Citadel, or has one within its main city, like in Athens. I liked Athens, but besides its Acropolis, it can’t compare to the archeological wonders on Malta. If I had a choice to go back to Athens or Malta, it would be Malta in a heartbeat, no offence, it is just the truth. Athens has a known history which is glorious, Malta has a mysterious one, if you were to go back farther than 700 BC, which is a draw for me. I went to Athens, and three of their Islands in l995, because of Mary Renault’s great novels of the Greeks, and never regretted it. But back to Malta, there are so more artifacts there the mind could not digest them all.

More about Dennis Siluk, his books and his places of inspiration.

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