 The temple was a very frequented site by almost all archeologist on the islands in the 19th century.In "A hand book, or guide, for strangers visiting Malta", written by Thomas MacGill in 1839, it is mentioned that "not a vestige of [the temple] remains above ground", but some fragments were found at the Public Library in Valletta.The archaeologist Antonio Annetto Caruana examined the site of the temple in 1882, and found no remains except for some holes dug in the rock.