Hypogeum: Difference between revisions

An early example of a hypogeum is found at the [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] [[Bronze Age]] site of [[Knossos]] on [[Crete]]. Hogan notes this underground vault was of a beehive shape and cut into the soft rock.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site.php/10854/knossos.html#fieldnotes |author=C. Michael Hogan |title=Knossos fieldnotes |website=Modern Antiquarian |year=2007 |access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref> The [[Hypogeum of Ħal Saflieni|Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum]] in [[Paola, Malta|Paola]], [[Malta]], is the oldest example of a prehistoric hypogeum, the earliest phase dating to 3600–3300 BC; . itIt is a complex of underground chambers, halls and passages covering approximately {{cvt|500|m2}} on three levels, partly carved to imitate temple architecture and containing extensive prehistoric art.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://heritagemalta.org/hal-saflieni-hypogeum/ |title=Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum |publisher=Heritage Malta |access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref> In [[Larnaka]], Cyprus—theCyprus, the [[Lefkaritis Tomb]] was discovered in 1999.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hadjisavvas|first=Sophocles|title=The Phoenician Period Necropolis of Kition, Volume I|year=2012|publisher=[[Shelby White and Leon Levy Program for Archaeological Publications]] |url=http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~semitic/wl/publications/2012/hadjisavvas.html|page=1|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111945/http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~semitic/wl/publications/2012/hadjisavvas.html|archive-date=2016-03-04}}</ref>

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