The new people to inhabit the Islands after Neolithic man probably also came from southeastern Sicily.

Other temples, those of Ħaġar Qim, Mnajdra and Tarxien, as well as a dozen other sites, seem to confirm the theory that Malta was a ’Sacred Island’ - a kind of centre of worship and mystic practices for prehistoric communities in the region.

By the time of the construction of Ġgantija, these farmers had developed a new cultural system, in total isolation and without any foreign influence. Although these people kept in contact with Sicily, their ancestral home, and voyaged as far as other Italian Islands for trade, there is no evidence of any cultural exchange. Their temples and beliefs remain unique to the Maltese Islands.

During this phase, use of flint for tools, obsidian and red ochre, used for decorating temples, was common.

Ġgantija