Stone to Metal – Pre-booked Guided Tour & Obsidian Tool-Making Demonstration

Celebrate the European Archaeology Days by joining a guided tour with a difference on Sunday 18th June at Borġ in-Nadur.

Visitors will explore the Neolithic remains on site, as well as the earliest defensive wall on the Maltese Islands, dating to the Bronze Age. An experimental archaeologist will demonstrate the way simple stone tools were produced in the Neolithic using obsidian.

In the period in question, metal was not yet available and only stone was used to produce tools. Various types of stone were utilized, including coralline and chert which are locally available, as well as obsidian and flint which were brought over from neighbouring islands such as Sicily, Lipari and Pantelleria.

There will be a tour in Maltese at 10:00 and a tour in English at 11:00. Tickets cost €8 for adults and are free of charge for Heritage Malta members and children up to 11 years, and are available at any of our museums and sites and online below. Pre-booking is required.

Tickets:

• 10:00 MT – Last few tickets left
• 11:00 EN (Fully Booked)