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[[File:Three Brother's hypogeum, Palmyra.jpg|thumb|right|Entrance of the Three Brothers' hypogeum in [[Palmyra]], Syria]]
[[File:Damascus, National Museum, Hypogeum of Yarhai (6362299863).jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Hypogeum of Yarhai]], [[Damascus]], Syria]]
A '''hypogeum''' or '''hypogaeum''' (plural '''hypogea''' or '''hypogaea''', pronounced {{IPAc-en|h|aɪ|p|ɒ|g|eɪ|ə}}; literally meaning "underground", from [[Greek language|Greek]] ''hypo'' (under) and ''
Hypogea will often contain [[niche (architecture)|niche]]s for cremated human remains or [[Loculus (architecture)|loculi]] for buried remains. Occasionally tombs of this type are referred to as '''built tombs'''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hadjisavvas|first=Sophocles|title=The Phoenician Period Necropolis of Kition, Volume II|year=2013|publisher=[[Shelby White and Leon Levy Program for Archaeological Publications]]|page=Preface|quote=two important built tombs, namely the [[Ikarou Street Tomb]] and the [[Lefkaritis Tomb]] were the primary reasons for the authoring of ''The Phoenician Period Necropolis of Kition'' Volume II.}}</ref>
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