Archaeology

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ArchaeologyJune 10, 2026

St. Paul's Catacombs: Malta's Underground City of the Dead

Beneath the streets of Rabat sits one of the most impressive catacomb systems I've ever walked through — a 1,700-year-old underground cemetery where Christians, Jews, and pagans were buried side by side, complete with stone tables for dining with the dead.

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ArchaeologyJune 7, 2026

Ħaġar Qim: Malta's Temples Are Older Than the Pyramids and Stonehenge

Ħaġar Qim was built around 3600 BCE — a thousand years before the Great Pyramid, centuries before the first stones at Stonehenge. For almost a decade it was the oldest place I'd ever stood. Almost nobody outside Malta knows it exists.

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ArchaeologyApril 29, 2026

Ek' Balam: The Maya Pyramid Nobody Visits

Chichen Itza gets 2.5 million visitors a year. Ek' Balam is 25 kilometers away and you can still climb the pyramid. That gap isn't accidental.

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