Excavation Reveals Fortification Wall in Malta

News March 7, 2017

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VALLETTA, MALTA—Malta’s Infrastructure Ministry announced that an ancient fortification wall was uncovered at the site of a public bathroom located just outside Valletta’s city gate. According to the Times of Malta, the wall was part of the city’s landward defenses. The country’s Superintendence of National Heritage will investigate the wall. 

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