Bringing prehistory to students, tourists

A British educational consultant, Anne Chowne, has been to Malta to evaluate Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna's Hands-on-Heritage programme.

The visit formed part of the EU-funded Training, Education, Management and Prehistory in the Mediterranean (Temper) project in which FWA is a participant along with the Department of Archaeology and Classics within the Faculty of Arts at the University of Malta.

Temper is a collaborative project involving six partner institutions and five prehistoric archaeology sites across Europe and the southern Mediterranean.

The aim of the project is to make Mediterranean prehistory accessible to all, from local school children to tourists and a wider international audience.

This will be achieved through the development of site management plans and educational programmes at five prehistoric sites in the Mediterranean. Malta is represented in this project by Kordin III megalithic temple at Paola which is held in trust by Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna. The other ancient sites are Catalhöyk in Turkey, Paliambela in Greece and Ubeidiya and Sha'ar Golan in Israel.

Ms Chowne's visit to Malta was intended to examine the methods used in the provision of educational facilities at Kordin III temple. However, she has also willingly accepted to extend her attention to other FWA sites included in the programme.