The results of recent scientific study suggests that the 6,000 year-old hypogeum in Hal Saflieni could have been specifically designed to conduct and manipulate sound to produce certain effects on the ...

The Hal Saflieni Hypogeum, an underground cemetery used by Malta’s prehistoric society, is an exceptional prehistoric monument testifying to the artistic and architectural accomplishments of this ...

This month, one of the world’s best preserved prehistoric sites — a 6,000-year-old underground burial chamber on the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta — reopened to the public. Last June, Hal ...

When one of his colleagues blew on a horn inside the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum, an ancient, underground burial complex on the Mediterranean island of Malta, archaeologist Fernando Coimbra felt the sound ...

An international team of scientists is to come to Malta to study the hypogeum of Hal Saflieni, which is believed to be the oldest prehistoric underground temple in the world. The focus of their ...

A €324,000 grant from Norway has made possible the 3D documentation of Hal Saflieni Hypogeum, a world heritage site Tourism Minister Mario de Marco said this ...

The Committee was informed by the Secretariat that the Hypogeum of Hal Saflieni has now been closed for three years and the air-conditioning works, partly financed by the World Heritage Fund, which ...

After having taken note of the Secretariat's report, the Bureau expressed its regrets that the Maltese authorities had not responded to the requests of the Committee, and stressed the importance that ...