The Mediterranean has long fed the imaginations of travellers, writers and artists. Bettany Hughes’ Treasures of the World s1e4: Mediterranean Islands
A brand-new discovery hidden away within a cave inside the great Rock of Gibraltar itself … Gorham’s Cave … This is a shrine … This is a Medusa … A 2,500 sign saying watch out. ibid.
From the Bronze Age onwards Malta was a crossroads for cultures and ideas. ibid.
The arrival of these Arabs from north Africa was the beginning of a 200-year-old dominance that brought a new religion, Islam, to the island. ibid.