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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Megalithic Temples of Malta' has mentioned 'Ġgantija' in the following places:
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| Megalithic Temples of MaltaUNESCO World Heritage SiteLocationMaltaIncludes xc4xa0gantija xc4xa6axc4xa1ar Qim Mnajdra Ta' Hagrat Skorba Tarxien CriteriaCultural:xc2xa0(iv)Reference132terInscription1980 (4th session)Extensions1992, 2015Area3.155xc2xa0ha (339,600xc2xa0sqxc2xa0ft)Bufferxc2xa0zone167xc2xa0ha (0.64xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)Borxc4xa1 in-NadurBuxc4xa1ibbaxc4xa0gantijaxc4xa6axc4xa1ar QimKordinMnajdraSanta VernaSkorbaTa' xc4xa6axc4xa1ratTal-QadiTas-Silxc4xa1TarxienXrobb l-Gxc4xa7axc4xa1in Location of Megalithic Temples of Malta (the ones in bold are UNESCO World Heritage Sites) | WIKI |
| [4][5] This led to the building of several temples of the xc4xa0gantija phase (3600xe2x80x933000 BC), culminating in the large Tarxien temple complex, which remained in use until 2500 BC. | WIKI |
| The xc4xa0gantija temples were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980. | WIKI |
| Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 2.1 Dates 2.2 Temple phases 2.2.1 xc4xa0gantija phase (3600xe2x80x933200 BC) 2.2.2 Saflieni phase (3300xe2x80x933000 BC) 2.2.3 Tarxien phase (3150xe2x80x932500 BC) 3 Architecture and construction 4 UNESCO sites 4.1 xc4xa0gantija 4.2 Ta' xc4xa6axc4xa1rat 4.3 Skorba 4.4 xc4xa6axc4xa1ar Qim 4.5 Mnajdra 4.6 Tarxien 5 Other sites 6 See also 7 References 8 External links | WIKI |
| Maltese folklore describes giants as having built the temples, which led to the name xc4xa0gantija, meaning 'Giants' tower'. | WIKI |
| e xc2xa0hMaltese prehistoric chronology (Based on recalibrated radiocarbon dating) Period Phase Dates BC c. Neolithic (5000-4100 BC) Gxc4xa7ar Dalam 5000-4500 BC Grey Skorba 4500-4400 BC Red Skorba 4400-4100 BC Temple Period (4100xe2x80x932500 BC) xc5xbbebbuxc4xa1 4100xe2x80x933800 BC Mxc4xa1arr 3800-3600 BC xc4xa0gantija 3600-3000 BC Saflieni 3300-3000 BC Tarxien 3000-2500 BC Bronze Age (2500xe2x80x93700 BC) Tarxien Cemetery 2500xe2x80x931500 BC Borxc4xa1 in-Nadur 1500xe2x80x93700 BC Baxc4xa7rija 900xe2x80x93700 BC | WIKI |
| The next three phases, starting from the xc4xa0gantija phase, begins in c. 3600 BC, and the last, the Tarxien phase, ends in c. 2500 BC. | WIKI |
| xc4xa0gantija phase (3600xe2x80x933200 BC)[edit] | WIKI |
| The xc4xa0gantija phase is named after the xc4xa0gantija site in Gozo. | WIKI |
| To this date belong the earliest datable temples and the first two, if not three, of the stages of development in their ground plan: the lobed or kidney-shaped plan found in Mxc4xa1arr east, the trefoil plan evident in Skorba, Kordin and various minor sites, and the five-apsed plan xc4xa0gantija South, Tarxien East. | WIKI |
| [24] Its name derives from the site of the Hypogeum of xc4xa6al-Saflieni.This period carried forward the same characteristics of the xc4xa0gantija pottery shapes, but it also introduces new biconical bowls. | WIKI |
| The western temple at xc4xa0gantija represents, along with other units in Tarxien, xc4xa6axc4xa1ar Qim and L-Imnajdra, the penultimate stage in development, that is, the introduction of a shallow niche instead of an apse at the far end of the temple. | WIKI |
| Spiral reliefs resembling those at Tarxien once adorned the xc4xa0gantija temples, but have faded to a level where they are only clearly recognisable in a series of drawings made by the artist Charles de Brochtorff in 1829, immediately after the temples' excavation. | WIKI |
| xc4xa0gantija[edit] | WIKI |
| Main article: xc4xa0gantija | WIKI |
| The megalithic remains at xc4xa0gantija | WIKI |
| The xc4xa0gantija temples stand at the end of the Xagxc4xa7ra plateau, facing towards the south-east. | WIKI |
| [49] This monument has a typical three-apsed shape of the xc4xa0gantija phase, of which the greater part of the first two apses and the whole of the faxc3xa7ade have been destroyed to ground level. | WIKI |
| [64] Then there is a small trefoil temple, dating from the xc4xa0gantija phase, with pitted decorations. | WIKI |
| The Megalithic Temples of Malta (xc4xa0gantija, xc4xa6axc4xa1ar Qim, Mnajdra, Skorba, Taxe2x80x99 xc4xa6axc4xa1rat and Tarxien) are prehistoric monumental buildings constructed during the 4th millennium BC and the 3rd millennium BC. | UNESCO |