Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
Malta
Date inscribed: 1980| Inscribed criteria: (iii)
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The Hypogeum is an enormous subterranean structure excavated c. 2500 B.C., using cyclopean rigging to lift huge blocks of coralline limestone. Perhaps originally a sanctuary, it became a necropolis in prehistoric times.

Source: NFUAJ