Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
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Location
Paola

Country
Malta

Year of Research
1980

Culture
  • It is an huge subterranean structure excavated c. 2500 B.C., using cyclopean rigging to lift huge blocks of coralline limestone.
  • Perhaps basically a sanctuary.Later,it became a necropolis in prehistoric times.