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56:Hypogeum of the Volumnus family
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257:Southern South Saqqara pyramid
181:for cremated human remains or
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533:Curl, James Stevens (2006).
508:UNESCO World Heritage Centre
1052:Underground House Las Vegas
472:. p. 1. Archived from
243:Hypogea were also found in
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976:Underground City, Montreal
971:Underground City (Beijing)
27:Underground temple or tomb
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259:. The hypogea in ancient
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249:Northern Mazghuna pyramid
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872:underground construction
240:was discovered in 1999.
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442:"Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum"
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545:. p.
527:References
448:2019-12-09
427:2019-12-09
404:Volume II.
332:souterrain
263:contained
214:Bronze Age
75:laser scan
52:laser scan
40:Sen-en-Mut
867:quarrying
761:Wine cave
681:Catacombs
297:pilasters
280:catacombs
198:Colosseum
192:The term
113:hypogaeum
1119:Category
822:Casemate
776:Stepwell
716:Hypogeum
706:Erdstall
696:Dry well
676:Borehole
666:Basement
650:Sinkhole
488:Speculum
396:and the
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312:Colombia
216:site of
205:Examples
194:hypogeum
121:hypogaea
115:(plural
109:hypogeum
101:Damascus
1083:Malator
1001:Sapping
721:Manhole
686:Dungeon
369:(2006)
336:yaodong
261:Palmyra
234:Larnaka
218:Knossos
117:hypogea
103:, Syria
88:, Syria
86:Palmyra
18:Hypogea
863:Mining
834:(silo)
812:Bunker
741:Tunnel
645:Grotto
640:Cenote
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514:24 Apr
346:, and
328:dugout
305:UNESCO
276:crypts
265:loculi
211:Minoan
183:loculi
179:niches
168:temple
869:, and
711:Fogou
583:CyArk
354:Notes
340:fogou
222:Crete
157:Greek
756:Well
635:Cave
551:ISBN
516:2021
348:kiva
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