>> Malta and Sardinia are on my "to do" list but I think the latter's going to win for next year

Any trip to Sardinia might be worth postponing until Julian's finished his work there. He's rediscovered loads of stuff that many people had written off as lost and there's a shed-load more to do. From the sound of it the book will be a must-have for anyone going after Sardinian tombs who wants to see something other than the normal tourist sites.