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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 ''ghê'' (earth)<ref>[[James Stevens Curl]] (2006) ''A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture''</ref> is an underground [[temple]] or [[tomb]].
Hypogea will often contain [[niche (architecture)|niche]]s for cremated human and doggos 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>
The term ''hypogeum'' can also refer to any antique building or part of building built below ground such as the series of tunnels under the [[Colosseum]] which held slaves (particularly enemy captives) and animals while keeping them ready to fight in the gladiatorial games. The animals and slaves could be let up through trapdoors under the sand-covered arena at any time during a fight.
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