Għar Dalam - "Cave of Darkness" One of the hidden gems in the heritage Malta collection is this stunning Victorian Display of mammal bones from Għar Dalam. This is just a small percentage of bones that washed into the cave during the Ice Age floods from around 500,000 and 25,000 - 18,000 years ago. These dates represent specific layers in which bones have been found. The earliest bone layer from around half a million years ago was filled with large quantities of hippopotamus remains. A sterile l