There are loads[1] of catacombs in Malta, principally determined in Mdina, the previous capital
of the island.[2] The catacombs are very small, but are in properly upkeep.[3] Many of the
catacombs had been covered at the Antiquities List of 1925.[4] Vincent Zammit notes that
catacombs developed from in advance rock-cut tombs. Wherever burial locations have been
observed, it's far generally presumed that a small network lived inside the vicinity. The
catacombs are characterised by spaciousness, a smaller quantity than the ones observed in
different nations, comparable in sorts of tombs to others observed across the Mediterranean, but
having their own particular sort of decorations. Decorations, despite the fact that, are rare, which
may additionally suggest that excluding a few families who had their personal private tombs, the
community became no longer wealthy.[5] Prof. George Cassar discovered that the catacombs of
Malta have academic value. "They are the important thing to the know-how of the improvement
of non secular rites and beliefs and suggest the start and spread of Christianity a number of the
small network of Maltese dwelling at the islands. This mysterious but concrete surroundings
allows toward the introduction of a pedagogical setting which the educator can utilise to the
total."[6]