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Photo Pages: Hal Saflieni Hypogeum - Ancient Temple in Malta in Mainland
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Submitted by enkidu41 on Thursday, 25 November 2004 Page Views: 7386
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 Site Name: Hal Saflieni Hypogeum Alternate Name: The Hypogeum of Hal Saflieni
Country: Malta County: Mainland Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Valletta Nearest Village: Paola
Latitude: 35.869719N Longitude: 14.506669E
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Access:| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access | | 4 | Short walk on a footpath | | 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk | | 2 | A long walk | | 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find | | 0 | No data. |
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Accuracy:| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates | | 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map | | 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map | | 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village | | 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town | | 0 | no data |
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   Hal Saflieni Hypogeum submitted by riotgibbon
Less than 1 kilometre from Kordin III temple and little more from Tarxien this monument is at root a rock-cut tomb. But this description is woefully inadequate to do justice. The site was continuously extended by carving out further tombs and other more elaborately carved and decorated areas in clear imitation of the aboveground temples.
Chambers have corbelled roofing and two have interior decoration of spirals and honeycomb cells rendered in red ochre, a feature no longer surviving above ground. The chamber at the centre of the site has elaborately carved trilithons, entrances to other chambers. The chambers have side chambers or niches in which the dead were placed. Around seven thousands skeletons have been found, far more than the chambers could accommodate at any one time as bodies and it is clear that the site was used for burials over many centuries.
Undoubtedly the central chambers were used for funeral rites and ceremonies where, in all probability, water from the cistern at the side of the Oracle Room played a part. The Oracle Room contains on its roof branching spiral designs painted in red ochre. To the side is the Oracle Hole opening into a small oval niche. This hole produces an extremely loud echoing sound when spoken into by someone with a deep voice.
The most important and most elaborately ornate room is the ‘Holy of Holies’, a Sanctum Sanctorum, entry to which is through a façade consisting of a portal slab under the centre of a lintel supported by four uprights. This in turn is framed within a larger trilithons and topped by another course of corbelling before the flat ceiling. But astonishingly these features are not built but sculpted with fine technique out of the living rock! In the floor of the chamber is a V-perforation, probably used for libation offerings, its opening closable with purpose-cut stone plugs.
The site is in the UNESCO World Heritage list and access is strictly limited to 80 visitors a day. The tours are booked up weeks in advance and if you intend to visit the site a reservation should be made well before you depart for your holiday!
 Hal Saflieni Hypogeum submitted by Bjorn
The interior of Hal Saflieni Hypogeum. A truly amazing experience. Only 10 people an hour can enter. You need to book weeks in advance to stand a chance to get in. Though there may be standby tickets if somebody who booked does not appear.
 Hal Saflieni Hypogeum submitted by enkidu41
Plan of the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum.
(Reproduced from 'The Hypogeum: A Jewel of Ancient Malta).
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