A Maltese tartana vessel during the Knights’ period. Photo: The Malta Maritime MuseumTimothy Gambin will today discuss the Maltese islands’ maritime past in a talk entitled ‘Shipwrecks from Malta’s recent past and what these tell us’.
Recent intensive remote sensing surveys of the seabed continue to expand knowledge about the underwater cultural heritage of the islands. The main aim of these surveys is to map Malta’s underwater cultural assets so that they may be protected and managed according to local law and international conventions.
Whereas Malta during the Knights and British periods is historically very well documented, its archaeology remains relatively unexplored. The surveys provide a novel perspective for the study of trade and exchange in objects that formed an integral part of social life during these centuries.
The talk, to be held today at the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage, 173, St Christopher Street, Valletta, at 6pm, is the first event in the new programme of The Archaeological Society Malta, and is supported by APS Bank. For more information, visit www.archsoc.org.mt.