The Hypogeum of Malta - A Great Underground Burial Chamber


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Title:	The Hypogeum of Malta - A Great Underground Burial Chamber - http://history.zersal.com/2008/06/25/the-hypogeum-of-malta-a-great-underground-burial-chamber/
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Description:	The Hypogeum is a series of underground chambers carved from the living rock and it constitutes a great burial complex which although it might remind one of the famous tomb fronts of Petra in Jordan, it is in actual fact over 3,000 years earlier. The Hypogeum has three main levels - Upper, Middle, and Lower levels and in all, the underground cemetery covers an area of about 500 square metres. The Lower and Middle Levels are entirely carved out of rock using antler or wooden picks and stone hammers since metal tools are not known to have existed at that time. Ceramic remains suggest that the site may have been used as early as 4000 BC. The book Malta Before History published my Miranda Publishers gives a detailed account of the discovery of the Hypogeum and its history.
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Date Added:	September 05, 2008 03:37:55 AM
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