Worth a Detour
National Museum of Archaeology
Treasures of Malta's temple builders, older than the pyramids, including the Sleeping Lady from the Hypogeum.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Republic Street, VallettaDirections
- Getting There
- On Republic Street, near the City Gate.
Why Go
The museum fills a knights' inn, the Auberge de Provence. Its prehistoric galleries show the stone carvings, pottery and goddess-like figures of the people who built Malta's temples from about 3600 BC, among them the tiny clay Sleeping Lady.
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