On specific days in March, Heritage Malta will be opening some historical sites which are usually kept closed, while also marking International Women’s Day.
All women visiting Heritage Malta sites and museums tomorrow, the eve of International Women’s Day, will be given a free souvenir as a token of appreciation.
On March 19, the public holiday celebrating the feast of St Joseph, Heritage Malta will give access to all sites normally open on Fridays while also treating visitors to the special opening of the Abbatija tad-Dejr in Rabat. For a small admission fee, members of the public will have the opportunity to visit this historical gem, usually kept closed, between 10am and 4.30pm.
On March 6, Heritage Malta, through its Taste History unit, will be holding a unique culinary event spanning the 5,000 years of Maltese prehistory.
The event, being held at the Malta Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa, will consist of a sit-down dinner for 40 people who will be able to sample some of the food consumed during different periods, namely the Early Neolithic Period, the Temple Period and the Bronze Age.
The proposed menu is a mixture of what was found archaeologically and determined scientifically to have been available during these periods. Apart from the meat of two of the most common animals whose remains were found in Maltese prehistoric sites, guests will experience various grains that have over time been replaced in popularity with the common wheat, together with the produce of trees which are known to have been present at the time.
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The Dig, archaeologist Stuart Piggott, played by Ben Chaplin, refers to a brief stop in Malta in 1943 while travelling from Cairo to Algiers.
Accompanied by fellow archaeologist Glyn Daniel, the pair spent two “blissful” days on the island, “inspecting megalithic monuments and rock-cut tombs on the island, several spattered with bits of German and Italian aircraft,” as stated by the British Academy’s Roger Mercer in 1998.
But, in a post on Facebook, the National Museum of Archaeology says that Piggot was, however, to leave a more significant mark on Maltese archaeology.
He was one of the external experts on a commission supervising the defining study, Malta Ancient Monuments Survey, which recorded Malta s prehistoric monuments, excavations and objects found there.
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The Culture Ministry, via the National History Museum of Romania, will support the organization of the public and cultural diplomacy programme that will celebrate the 140th anniversary this year of diplomatic relations between Romania and Spain. This is a very important event for us, and we will treat it as such. This will be a good occasion to promote and strengthen the connection between the Romanian diaspora in Spain and the values of our national culture. At the same time, we will bring to the public s attention some elements of the Spanish culture. It will be a programme that will give us the opportunity to promote cultural diversity, which is very necessary for identifying a common language between the different groups in the society, Minister of Culture Bogdan Gheorghiu said in a press release sent to AGERPRES on Wednesday.
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The meeting of the Romanian and Spanish governments will most likely take place in June this year, Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya said on Wednesday, stressing that the agenda of the meeting will be largely dedicated to the people , context in which she voiced her appreciation for the contribution of the Romanian community to the society in her country.
Arancha González Laya held a joint press conference with Romanian counterpart Bogdan Aurescu. Although at the opposite farthest points of the European Union, Romania and the Kingdom of Spain have developed strong ties, risen to the level of strategic partnership. We share a strong friendship, facilitated by the presence of a large Romanian community in Spain, which is very well integrated into the Spanish society, said the head of the Romanian diplomacy.