Discovery of a tomb cave at Ghain Sielem, Gozo in June 1884

Abstract

The Tomb Cave in the district "tal Kaghan", near the village of Ghain Sielem, about to be described, belongs to the class of isolated tombs, mentioned in the Report on the Phoenician and Roman Antiquities in the Islands of Malta, Class VIII. It first attracted the notice of the Deputy Receiver General at Gozo, towards the middle of June 1884: on the 18th the discovery was reported to Government, and on the 21st. referred to me, only a few hours before starting for a short trip. Unfortunately, in spite of the energy of Mr. R. Micallef, that interesting tomb had been already rifled, when the discovery was announced to him, and cleared of the greater part of its contents, and the cave itself destroyed to give way the construction of a public road. [Excerpt]