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The two Ggantija temples are the world's second oldest surviving manmade religious structures after Göbekli Tepe in present-day Turkey. They date back to the Neolithic era (c. 3600-2500 BC).
According to local Gozitan folklore, a giantess who ate nothing but broad beans and honey bore a child from a man of the common people and, with the child hanging from her shoulder, she built these temples and used them as places of worship.
Since my visit back in 2001, in 2011 lightweight walkways were installed to protect the floor, and in 2013 a heritage park was developed.