Temple Hypogeum
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Underground temple Hal Saflieni Hypogeum, dating from the third millennium BC, is located near the town of Paola. The temple is located at a depth of 11 meters and was discovered quite by accident.

The church was hollowed out of the rock, and he served as the base a natural cave. There 33 rooms on three levels with a total area of ​​over 500 square meters, which communicate with each other stairs, ladders and passages.

Here it was found tools of seven thousand people, and the altars, two stone figures of sleeping women, and lots of jewelry, vases, figurines and various religious objects. Archaeologists suggest that there are trained priestesses.

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