Malta's massive Stone Age Temples
Despite being short of water and good farmland, Malta's Neolithic population produced a rich and unique culture. If you would like to see just how thin soils can be there, start exploring on the island of Comino from this link.
Isolated island communities are very special, and in the last ten years a major international study has been examining the prehistory of Malta with new eyes. ('Fragsus' - Sustainability in fragile communties)
Here is a link to their final report on the remarkable way that at least some of Malta's Neolithic people were buried: Death Cults of Prehistoric Malta
Here is a link to their final report on the remarkable way that at least some of Malta's Neolithic people were buried: Death Cults of Prehistoric Malta
This link will give you layouts and photos of many of Malta's temple and burial sites: web.infinito.it/utenti/m/malta_mega_temples/hypo/plan.html
Big Stone ('megalithic') buildings, interpreted as temples, are found at about 30 places in Malta and its islands, in varying states of preservation. Considering the islands' tiny sizes, this in itself is remarkable. What is even more astonishing is the way these buildings appear to have been used, re-embellished and extended over more than a millennium of use in some cases, before being abruptly abandoned.