Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
<p>The Hypogeum is an enormous subterranean structure excavated c. 2500 B.C., using cyclopean rigging to lift huge blocks of coralline limestone. Perhaps…
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Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
35.8696° N, 14.5069° E
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<p>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.</p>
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Malta
35.87° N, 14.51° E
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