https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/19757 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:39:02 GMT 2026-04-08T16:39:02Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/19788 Title: The Oracle, Issue 2 Editors: Bugeja, Anton Abstract: The Oracle, Issue 2 (2001) Description: Contents Include : Editorial - The OTS Foundation / Linda Eneix - Publications of Archaeological Interest (Literature Review) - Grupp Arkeologiku Malti 2000-2001 Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/19788 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/19787 Title: A preliminary assessment of the Wignacourt Museum Hypogeum I at Rabat, Malta Abstract: A hypogeum had long been suspected on one side of the staircase leading to the World War II shelter under the Wignacourt Museum. Under surveillance from the Museums Department (Buhagiar C.M. 2000; 49) and through continuous encouragement from the Curator of the Museum Monsignor John Azzopardi, the Grupp Arkeologiku Malti (GAM) decided to take over the work of partially clearing the hypogeum. The eleventh and thirteenth December 1999 were selected for preliminary work on site, some clearing already being performed on the fifth December by the Qrendi Boy Scout Group. A number of later visits were conducted to finish the preliminary survey of the hypogeum. Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/19787 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/19786 Title: A note on the interpretations of the iconography at Ħal Resqun Palaeochristian Hypogeum, Gudja (Malta) Abstract: The figures incised on the lintel of the entrance to the hypogeum and on the conch of the western burial chamber of the Hal Resqun hypogeum are analysed in detail and additional interpretations of the figures are given in the light of biblical and early Christian accounts. Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/19786 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/19785 Title: The Tal-Qadi Stone : a moon calendar or star map Abstract: The Tal-Qadi stone has always been an archaeological enigma amongst scholars. It has always been thought that this broken fan-shaped artefact has representations of stars and the crescent moon. The objective of this paper is to question these interpretations and investigate further by analysing possible scenarios that may help decipher the code of the Tal-Qadi stone. Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/19785 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z