Malta’s history can be traced back as far as 4,500 BC, when the first settlers from neighboring Sicily finally had the sea vessel to make the journey over the water. The first inhabitancy of the island would have lived in the natural caves that can be found throughout Malta’s 300 Km Sq land mass. Since the very first settlements, the island has had an extremely varied history and the very earliest examples of megalithic structure can be found in Malta. Ancient temples such as Hagar Qim, Mnajdra, Tarxien can be visited and pre-date the pyramids of Ancient Egypt and England’s Stone Henge by 1,000 years.

Malta has been a part of the Phoenician empire and part of the story of Carthage. When Carthage fell to the Romans the island once again changed hands and sat under the rule of the Roman’s during the second Punic war (218 BC) and remained under Rome until the Vandals raided the island in AD 395. From then until AD 535, no records exist and one can only imagine the turmoil the island endured throughout those years.

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