Monday, August 5, 2019

Malta: Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

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:whc.unesco.org
Inscribed: 1980

Thanks to Mr Boris.

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