Government workers stumbled on an ancient tomb during excavation works at Ġnien Ħal Warda in Attard this morning.

The tomb including skeletal remains and an amphora.

Attard Local Council, which is responsible for the works, immediately alerted the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage, whose experts are trying to date the find.

Council officials said the remains could be over 2,500 years old.

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