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A visit to the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum was on the top of our wish list during our ten day-trip to Malta. It is an amazing pre-historic UNESCO site, dating back until 3600 BC. The Hypogeum is an underground temple or burial place, and its walls are covered in surprisingly modern-looking decorations.

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Many ancient megalithic structures exist in Malta and one of them is the ‘Hypogeum of Hal Saflieni’, a subterranean structure with magnificent properties that is more than 5,000 years old. The Hypogeum (a Greek word meaning ‘underground’) is supposed to be the oldest prehistoric underground temple in the world.

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