Sicily is well known for its historic monuments and remains: Sicel, Punic, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Norman, Swabian, Angevin, Aragonese, Baroque under the Bourbons, and lastly contemporary.

Less well known and established are its rare megalithic prehistoric remains, as at Cefalu in the north of the island.

DK Eyewitness Travel mentions a site at La Rocca in this cathedral town, a sanctuary known as the Tempio di Diana, actually a megalithic construction with a portal dating from the 9th century BC. On the top of the Rocca are the ruins of a 12-13th-century castle.

Other Sicilian prehistoric megalithic remains are kept mainly at the Museo Archeologico Regionale in Palermo, and in many other provincial museums.

In comparison, Malta and Gozo are surprisingly rich in megalithic monuments and remains  at least 22 temples in Malta and four on Gozo.

Other remains are conserved at Valletta’s National Museum of Archaeology, and at a similar one in Victoria.

With the numerous and impressive Greek remains in Sicily, and their dearth in Malta, there are obvious and significant differences between the two islands’ prehistory and history.