Ġgantija

The Ġgantija temples are the earliest of the Megalithic Temples of Malta and are older than the pyramids of Egypt [1]. Their makers erected the two Ġgantija temples during the Neolithic, which makes these temples more than 5,500 years old and the world's second-oldest existing manmade religious structures after Göbekli Tepe in present-day Turkey [1]. The temples are elements of a ceremonial site used in a fertility rite [1]. Researchers have found that the numerous figurines and statues found on the site are associated with that cult [1]. The Ġgantija temples stand at the edge of the Xagħra plateau, facing toward the southeast [1]. This megalithic monument encompasses two temples and an incomplete third, of which only the facade was partially built before being abandoned [1]. The southerly one is the larger and older one, dating back to around 3600 BC [1].