First things first: If you can't find Malta on a map and don't know what a hypogeum is, don't fret. Malta's a nation made up of three islands in the southern Mediterranean, and a hypogeum is an ...

A group of schoolchildren is believed to have gone missing in the underground chambers of the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum a couple of decades after it was discovered in Paola. Given up for dead, the ...

Elongated skulls discovered in 1926 by Temi Zammit at the Ħal Saflieni hypogeum have long been the source of multiple conspiracy theories. Described by Zammit as being “of the long variety ...

A new collaboration with the National Archives seeks to collect memories and photographs of the historic site People with memories and photographs of the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum are being encouraged to ...

The area in front of the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum entrance in Paola has been inaugurated as a pedestrian zone, upon completion of a project which saw the paving of the street, the implementation of other ...

The name will be new to most people – in fact, it was only coined last week – but it is one of Malta’s greatest archaeological sites, with a significance that ranges further than Malta’s confines, ...

The Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum in Paola is described by Heritage Malta as an “outstanding underground burial complex that bears testimony to a civilisation that has disappeared”. The prehistoric site was ...

1979: expert mission on climatology and hydrology; 1980: expert mission in hydrology ; 1990: expert mission to examine the ventilation system ; August 1994: UNESCO mission 1990 Expert Mission Report, ...

Step back in time with our expert guide to Malta’s fascinating heritage sites and experiences (VisitMalta) From the ancient megalithic temples, which predate the pyramids of Egypt and Stonehenge in ...