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    A hypogeum or hypogaeum (plural hypogea or hypogaea, pronounced /haɪpɒɡeɪə/; literally meaning "underground", from Greek hypo (under) and ghê (earth))...
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    The Hypogeum of Ħal Saflieni (Maltese: Ipoġew ta' Ħal Saflieni; Maltese pronunciation: [safˈlɪː.nɪ]) is a Neolithic subterranean structure dating to the...
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    an elaborate underground structure called the hypogeum (literally meaning "underground"). The hypogeum was not part of the original construction but was...
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  • The Hypogeum of Vibia is part of a small complex of pagan burial chambers in Rome which were constructed along the Via Appia in the late 4th century CE...
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    The hypogeum of Cala Sant Vicenç is a set of caves dating back to the Bronze Age (1,700—1,500 BC), located on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Today, eight...
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    However, only Minhotep is named outside chapel in his tomb TT71 and in his hypogeum TT353, in an inventory on the lid of a chest found in the burial chamber...
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    The Hypogeum of Yarhai is a hypogeum (underground tomb) from the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra which flourished in the second and third centuries AD....
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    The Hypogeum of Sant'Iroxi (also known as the Tomb of the warriors) is an archaeological site located near the town of Decimoputzu in the province of South...
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    The Hypogeum of the Volumnus family (Italian: Ipogeo dei Volumni) is an Etruscan tomb in Ponte San Giovanni, a suburb of Perugia, Umbria, central Italy...
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    Stone Circle (Maltese: Iċ-Ċirku tax-Xagħra), also known as the Xagħra Hypogeum or the Brochtorff Circle, is a Neolithic funerary complex located in Xagħra...
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    The Hypogeum of Torre del Ram is an archaeological site in Cala en Blanes, Ciutadella de Menorca. It is a Bronze Age funerary hypogeum, which was used...
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  • The Royal Hypogeum of Qatna (tomb VI) is located beneath the northwest wing of the royal palace in Qatna (modern Syria). It was discovered at the depth...
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    laid the foundation stone in 1626. Paola is renowned for the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum, the Basilica of Christ the King (the largest church in the Maltese Islands)...
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    historical monuments, including three UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum, Valletta, and seven megalithic temples which are some of the oldest free-standing...
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    longhouses, crop terraces, roads as the Inca road system, cemeteries, hypogeums and necropolises are all part of the architectural heritage of indigenous...
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    Mosta (Maltese: Il-Mosta) is a small but densely populated city in the Northern Region of Malta. The most prominent building in Mosta is the Rotunda, a...
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  • protection of the environment through his designs and theories. Hal Salfieni Hypogeum is an underground burial site that was discovered in 1902, the remains...
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    Ampliato, which belonged to a family of imperial freedmen who had dug the hypogeum; this vast environment is separated into two sections by an arch used to...
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    Underground living Cave temple Cellar Dungeon Dugout (shelter) Fogou Hypogeum Mine Rock cut architecture, rock-cut tomb Smuggling tunnel Tunnels (street...
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  • Museum of Art, New York. c. 2500 BC: Excavation and development of the Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni at Paola, Malta, a subterranean temple complex subsequently...
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    Among the southern tombs, the easternmost was discovered in 1994 and its hypogeum led to a burial chamber located under the main pyramid. Here, a granite...
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    architectural compartment or niche that houses a body, as in a catacomb, hypogeum, mausoleum or other place of entombment. In classical antiquity, the mouth...
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  • Dynasty in South Saqqara, and is renowned for having the most elaborate hypogeum since the late 12th Dynasty pyramids. The building remains unfinished and...
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    two major periods of development. Its name derives from the site of the Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni. This period carried forward the same characteristics of...
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    skeuomorphised form of architecture around 3600 BC. At the Ħal-Saflieni Hypogeum, the inhabitants of Malta carved out an underground burial complex in which...
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    Walls Church of Domine Quo Vadis Tomb of Priscilla Catacomb of Callixtus Hypogeum of Vibia San Sebastiano fuori le mura Catacombs of St Sebastian Vigna Randanini...
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  • tourists. Located at one end of the town is the hypogeum of Cala Sant Vicenç, perhaps the most spectacular hypogeum on the island. Cala Sant Vicenç offers one...
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    L'Hypogée des Dunes is an underground chapel (Hypogeum) in Poitiers, France. The chapel is one of the few surviving structures from Merovingian times....
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    century BC, reassembled in the National Archeological Museum of Perugia Hypogeum of the Volumnis digital media archive (creative commons-licensed photos...
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    the south complex[citation needed] Megalithic Temples of Malta Ħaġar Qim Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni List of megalithic sites Mnajdra Tarxien Temples De Soldanis...
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