Extraordinary finds from archeological sites in Malta travel for first time to United States

NEW YORK, NY.- The art, architecture and culture of an astonishingly forward-thinking people who lived in Malta, an island group in the Southern Mediterranean, more than five thousand years ago, are examined in Temple and Tomb: Prehistoric Malta: 3600-2500 BCE, on view from Thursday, March 21 through July 7, 2013 at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University.

Image: “The Venus of Malta” (Standing Female Figure). Clay. H. 13.3, W. 7.0, D. 4.5 cm, Ħaġar Qim Temple (Malta), 3600–2500 bce. Heritage Malta–National Museum of Archaeology: 21295. Courtesy of Heritage Malta, photography © Daniel Cilia

The first major exhibition in the U.S. to be devoted to the art and artifacts of prehistoric Malta and featuring many objects never before seen outside the Maltese islands, Temple and Tomb provides insights into Malta’s famous temple sites, which were built from stones weighing up to 20 tons each and quarried using only stone and wooden tools. Older than the Egyptian pyramids or Stonehenge, they are believed to be the oldest freestanding stone buildings in the world.

The “Venus of Malta,” an amply proportioned clay figurine of a woman, so small that it fits in the palm of the hand, is the exhibition centerpiece. [...] artdaily.com

Actualización 15-04-13. La Prehistoria maltesa viaja hasta Estados Unidos