Prehistoric Malta Stock Photo

Based on pottery remains, archeologists think the first Maltese inhabitants were farmers from Sicily about 5,000 BC. They arrived via a land bridge, that geologists think existed between Sicily and Malta and possibly Tunisia, during the last ice age, when sea levels were much lower.Originally living in caves, they later built huts and villages. Around 3,600 BC, the first known megalithic temple was constructed Ggantija.