architecture niche s for cremated human remains or Loculus architecture loculi for buried remains. Hypogeum ... covered arena at any time during a fight. Examples An early example of a hypogeum is found at the Minoan ... . See also The Hal Saflieni Hypogeum in Paola, Malta Paola , Malta , is the oldest example of a prehistoric hypogeum, three levels deep and containing extensive prehistoric art. Hypogeum of Hal Saflieni External links http archive.cyark.org hypogeum of the volumnis info Hypogeum of the Volumnis ... quote page 880 Category Subterranea geography architecture stub bg ca Hipogeu cs Hypogeum ... nl Hypogeum pl Hypogeum pt Hipogeu ro Hipogeu ... more details
Infobox World Heritage Site WHS Hal Saflieni Hypogeum Image Image Photo Ellis Hal Salflieni.jpg 250px Hypogeum architecture State Party MLT Type Cultural Criteria iii ID 130 Region List of World Heritage Sites in Europe Europe and North America Year 1980 Session 4th Link http whc.unesco.org en list 130 The Hypogeum of Paola, Malta Paola , Malta , literally meaning underground in Greek, is a subterranean structure dating to the Saflieni phase in Maltese prehistory. Thought to be originally a sanctuary, it became a necropolis in prehistoric times . It is the only prehistoric underground temple in the world. The Hypogeum was depicted on a 2 cents 5 mils stamp issued in the Maltese Islands in 1980 ... ten metres below the street level. Second Level Image Malta 04 Hypogeum Hal Saflieni.jpg thumb ..., only water. It strongly suggests storage, maybe of grain . Tourism The Hypogeum of al Saflieni ... that looks after historical sites only allows 80 persons per day to visit the Hypogeum. Heritage ... that in the 1940s a British embassy worker, Miss Lois Jessup, went on a tour of the Hypogeum ... brush past her. When she went back to the Hypogeum on another occasion, she was told no such tour ... and their teacher visited the Hypogeum on an outing and entered the same burial chamber, which ... References Reflist cite web title Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 1982 Malta author Ann Mette Heindorff ... October 22, 2006 Agius, A.J. The Hypogeum at Hal Saflieni. Freedom Press. Malta. P. 19. cite ... Website of the Hypogeum http whc.unesco.org pg.cfm?cid 31&id site 130 Unesco World Heritage Site span ... N 14 30 23 E type landmark span DEFAULTSORT Hypogeum Of Hal Saflieni Category Maltese prehistory Category Archaeological sites in Malta Category World Heritage Sites in Malta Interwiki cs Hypogeum al ... al Saflieni i hipogeum nl al Saflieni Hypogeum ja no al Saflieni Hypogeum pl Hypogeum al Saflieni ru sl Hipogej al Saflieni fi Hal Saflienin hypogeum sv Hal Saflieni Hypogeum ... more details
The Saflieni phase 3000 2500 BC of Malta s prehistory ref name Malta was named after the Hypogeum of al Saflieni . The hypogeum and part of the Ta a rat Temples Ta a rat temple complex both date from this period. This phase evolved from the gantija phase 3600 3200 BC ref name Malta http users.aber.ac.uk jpg malta arch.html Archeology and Prehistory ref , and led to the Tarxien phase 3150 2500 BC . ref http www.odysseyadventures.ca articles malta temples maltemples settlement.htm Prehistoric Settlements of Malta ref al Saflieni overview main Hypogeum of al Saflieni Image Sleeping Lady Hypogeum Hal Saflieni.jpg thumb The Sleeping Lady in the Museum of Archaeology, Valletta , Malta The Hypogeum in Paola, Malta Paola , Malta , is a subterranean structure thought to have originally been a sanctuary. It became a necropolis in prehistoric times . ref name UNESCO http whc.unesco.org en list 130 UNESCO ref It is the only prehistoric underground temple in the world and was recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1980. ref name UNESCO Amongst various features of importance, a petrosomatoglyph of a human hand ref name Heritage http www.heritagemalta.org hypogeum.html Heritage Malta ref and an iconic statuette called the Sleeping Lady ref name Heritage have been discovered in the hypogeum. Citations Reflist coord missing Malta Category Neolithic Category Pre Indo Europeans Category Megalithic Temples of Malta Category Maltese prehistory ... more details
Notability date January 2009 Unreferenced date September 2009 L Hypog e des Dunes is an underground chapel Hypogeum in Poitiers , France . Coord 46 34 31 N 0 21 33 E region FR type landmark source wikimapia display title DEFAULTSORT Hypogee Des Dunes Category Subterranea geography France struct stub ... more details
Summary logo fur Article Paola, Malta Use Infobox Choose Infobox Org Brand Product ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Used for Paola, Malta Owner Paola Website History Commentary OVERRIDE FIELDS Description The coat of Ams of Paola, showing the Tree of Life engraving found in the Hypogeum in the top half, and the arms of GM Antoine De Paule founder of Paola in the bottom half Source Portion Low resolution Purpose Must be specified if Use is not Infobox Org Brand Product Replaceability other information Licensing non free logo ... more details
Following the Red Skorba phase 4400 4100 BCE , ref name the Malta National the ebbu phase 4100 3700 BCE ref name Prehistoric Settlements http www.odysseyadventures.ca articles malta temples maltemples settlement.htm Prehistoric Settlements of Malta ref brings to an end the long period of exclusive village settlement in prehistoric Malta ref name the Malta National and introduces a new period culminating in the extensive megalithic constructions seen throughout the Maltese islands. ref name Prehistoric Settlements The ebbu phase led to the M arr phase 3800 3600 BCE . ref name Prehistoric Settlements Overview Image Photo Ellis Hal Salflieni.jpg right thumb Vintage photograph 1910 of the Hypogeum of al Saflieni Hypogeum The appearance of ebbu Ware towards the end of the Fifth Millennium BCE marks a major break with tradition and may represent a further influx of people. ref name Prehistoric Settlements However, there is continuity in other aspects of the local culture such as architecture and sculpture. Decoration is prolific and includes painted designs red on a cream colored slip , grooves infilled with white paste and incised patterns, including anthropomorphic designs. ref name Prehistoric Settlements The most significant cultural development of this period was the introduction of formal burials in rock cut chamber tombs and a further elaboration of the cultural customs and cult activities ref name the Malta National a difference between purely domestic buildings and ritual space was maintained by means of specifically constructed buildings which came to include the Skorba Temples and the subterranean Hypogeum of al Saflieni . From the ebbu phase onwards a clear demarcation was made between the everyday domestic and ritual spaces surface monuments and underground cemeteries were to follow distinct evolutionary trajectories. ref name the Malta National http www.maltavoyager.com moa areas zebbug.htm The Malta National Museum of Archeology ref Citations Refl ... more details
Infobox museum name Salina Catacombs native name native name lang image Heritage Malta Logo.jpg imagesize 300 caption alt map type map caption map alt latitude longitude coordinates type established dissolved location Naxxar , Malta type Catacombs collection visitors director president curator publictransit network website http www.heritagemalta.org www.heritagemalta.org The Salina Catacombs are a cluster of small catacombs located near the Church of the Annunciation in Salina , Naxxar , in Malta . Although small when compared to the catacombs of St. Paul s Catacombs St. Paul and St. Agatha in Rabat, they are an important record of the sizeable community that must have lived in the area in around the last half of the first millennium AD. br The catacombs open on to a low ridge facing a now lost Roman harbour, making the small site archaeologically important. br The site is managed by Heritage Malta and is closed to the public for conservation. Description File Salina tomb.JPG thumb 300px A window tomb in the Salina Catacombs The site comprises five hypogeum hypogea cut into the vertical surface of a small quarry. A number of other openings can be seen in rocky outcrops around the site and at least one hypogeum has been damaged by further quarrying, resulting in the destruction of a number of burials. br The most impressive hypogeum is adorned with two decorated pillars, an agape feasts agape table and two baldachin baldacchino tombs, rarely found outside the catacombs of Rabat . The window tombs that surround the agape table suggest that it was an important feature of the catacomb. At least two of the window tombs are lavishly decorated with relief reliefs depicting palm fronds and other spiraled patterns. The palm fronds, together with a number of incised crosses, are proof of the Christian origins of the burial site. Gallery gallery Image Salina crosses.JPG Crosses carved into the wall of the catacombs are proof of Christian burials Image Salina spirals.JPG Spiral ... more details
Infobox museum name Abbatija Tad Dejr native name native name lang image Heritage Malta Logo.jpg imagesize 300 caption alt map type map caption map alt latitude longitude coordinates type established dissolved location Rabat, Malta type Hypogeum collection visitors director president curator publictransit network website http www.heritagemalta.org www.heritagemalta.org The Abbatija Tad Dejr hypogeum hypogeal complex is a paleochristian burial site in Rabat, Malta Rabat , Malta . Although much smaller in size than those of Rome , the catacombs in Malta, especially the ones in Rabat, are among the most important early Christian burial sites south of Rome. ref Cite web url http www.heritagemalta.org onlineresources newsletters pdf Heritage 20Malta 20Magazine 20Issue 203.pdf title A better future for Abbatija Tad Dejr Catacombs publisher Heritage Malta Update date Issue 3 2006 accessdate 7 March 2011 ref The site is managed by Heritage Malta and is currently closed for conservation. History File Abbatija outside.jpg thumb 300px An outside view of Abbatija Tad Dejr catacombs The early catacombs comprised a singular shaft and chamber tombs dug from the vertical face of a quarry. Between the fourth and the ninth centuries AD, four larger complexes were added. The most important of the four small catacombs is the largest one with its rows of carefully placed baldachin baldacchino tombs, it is possibly one of the few catacombs that saw some sort of pre planning during excavations. Baldacchino tombs are often considered to be the richest out of the array of tomb types found in Maltese catacombs at least three of such tombs in this complex are heavily decorated with relief s. In the post Roman period, the largest catacomb was enlarged and turned into a small church. Uses The presence in the hypogeum of a altar stone altar and the number of crosses carved into the rock surface suggest early Christianity early Christian use. A fresco that, until recently, decorated the apse over ... more details
Image Igualada 6.JPG thumb right Concrete loculi at Igualada Cemetery . Loculus pl. Loculi is a Latin word literally meaning little place and was used in a number of senses. In architecture it is a recess large enough to receive a human corpse. Usually found in either a catacomb , hypogeum , mausoleum or other place of entombment. Loculus can also refer to an alternative name for a sarcophagus . References cite book last Curl first James Stevens authorlink coauthors editor others title A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture origdate 2006 origyear origmonth url format Paperback accessdate edition Second date year month publisher Oxford University Press location isbn 0 19 860678 8 doi chapter chapterurl quote page 880 pages Category Architectural elements Category Death customs element arch stub pt Loculus arquitetura ... more details
Infobox museum name Tal Mintna Catacombs native name native name lang image Heritage Malta Logo.jpg imagesize 300 caption alt map type map caption map alt latitude longitude coordinates type established dissolved location Mqabba , Malta type Catacombs collection visitors director president curator publictransit network website http www.heritagemalta.org www.heritagemalta.org The Tal Mintna Catacombs are a hypogeum hypogea complex in Mqabba , Malta . The complex dates to at least to the fourth century AD. The site is managed by Heritage Malta and closed to the public for conservation. Structure and features The site comprises three aligned hypogea dug side by side, originally accessed via separate stepped shafts but subsequently joined with narrow passages. Although each hypogeum is unique in its internal plan and arrangement, all the hypogea have in common a serious of interconnecting galleries and numerous window tombs. Although small compared to other catacombs like St. Paul s Catacombs St. Paul s in Rabat, Malta Rabat , the catacombs of Tal Mintna are highly esteemed for their many interesting features. Window tombs are decorated with elaborately carved scallop shells and embellished with decorated pilasters . The wall of one small hypogeum features an altar flanked by large pillars carved in relief, on one of which is engraved with illustrations often interpreted to be a face and a kind of palette. Although it is unfinished, the central hypogeum also offers one of the best preserved examples of a triclinium agape feast agape table to be found in the late Roman burials of Malta. The table is uniquely equipped with set of eight pyramidal shaped holes that were probablyintended to hold lamps. Christian use The window tombs of the Tal Minta Catacombs bring to mind both Punic and Christian traditions it is not clear if the burials were originally Christian, or converted to Christian use at a later date. The architectural similarities between late Punic tombs and Chri ... more details
Infobox World Heritage Site WHS National Archaeological Park of Tierradentro Image File Tombs in Tierra Dentro.jpg thumb 300px Tombs in Tierra Dentro State Party COL Type Cultural Criteria iii ID 743 Region List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas Latin America and the Caribbean Year 1995 Session 19th Link http whc.unesco.org en list 743 Tierradentro is a National archeological park in the jurisdiction of the municipality of Inza, Cauca Inza , Departments of Colombia Department of Cauca Department Cauca , Colombia . The park is located 100 km away from the capital of the Department, Popay n . The area is very well known for its pre Columbian hypogeum hypogea , which were found in several excavations, and are divided in many archeological places. some of them are Alto del Aguacate Avocado Hill , Alto de San Andr s, Alto de Segovia, Alto del Duende and El Tabl n. The typical hypogeum has an entry oriented towards the west, a spiral staircase and a main chamber, usually 5 to 8 meters below the surface, with several lesser chambers around, each one containing a corpse. The walls are painted with geometric, Anthropomorphism anthropomorphic and Zoomorphism zoomorphic patterns in red, black and white. Some statues and remains of pottery and fabrics can be seen scarcely due to grave robbery before the hypogea were constituted as protected areas. The pre Columbian culture that created this funeral complex inhabited this area during the first millennium A.C. Tierradentro Archaeological park features hypogea dating from 6th to 9th centuries AD. The details in the sculptures and pictorial pictoric patterns are similar to the San Agust n, Huila San Agust n culture. The park generates significant revenue to the local economy due to the high volume of tourists, both Colombian and foreigners. These sites form a UNESCO World Heritage Site . External links http whc.unesco.org pg.cfm?cid 31&id site 743 Unesco s website on Tierradentro http www.tierradentro.info A professional ... more details
Ellis Hal Salflieni.jpg thumb 150px left The Hypogeum of al Saflieni al Saflieni Hypogeum This room ... Midsea Books Ltd. ref The exhibition features a reconstruction of the hypogeum rock cut tombs that were ... in burials like the Hypogeum of al Saflieni al Saflieni Hypogeum and the Xag ra Stone Circle ref Cite ... more details
Fr Emmanuel known as Manuel or Manwel Magri , Society of Jesus S.J. 27 February 1851 in Valletta 29 March 1907 in Sfax was a Maltese people Maltese ethnographer , archaeologist and writer. Magri gave a significant contribution as a scholar through his collection of Maltese folk tales and lore. Working at the end of the 19th and the turn of the 20th centuries, Magri s important work saved for posterity ethnographic material which would have otherwise been lost through modernisation and more widespread education. Fr Magri was also one of Malta s pioneers in archaeology . He was a member of the first Committee of Management of the Museum of Malta alongside Antonio Annetto Caruana , N. Tagliaferro and Themistocles Zammit Temi Zammit . Fr Magri was entrusted with the excavation of the Hypogeum of al Saflieni , a Megalithic Temple in Xewkija Gozo , and a number of other sites in Malta and Gozo . Born on 27 February 1851 in Valletta Malta , Magri joined the Society of Jesus, in 1871. He was ordained priest in 1881 in Tortosa Spain , and made the solemn profession of the last vows on 15 August 1890, in Istanbul Turkey . As a Jesuit, Magri taught in a number of Jesuit College in Malta, and Turkey. He also served as Assistant of the Provincial of Sicily 1898 1902 and as Rector of the Seminary in Gozo 1902 1906 . Magri died unexpected on 29 March 1907 in Sfax, Tunisia, where he had gone to preach Lenten exercises and celebrate Easter for the Maltese community. See also List of Jesuit scientists List of Roman Catholic scientist clerics References Briffa, Josef Mario blockquote Historical Introduction in E. Magri, Ruins of a Megalithic Temple at Xeuchia Shewkiyah Gozo. First report , ed. by Charles Cini SDB, Malta Salesians and Heritage Malta, 2009, pp. 6 9. Patri Manwel Magri u l Ipo ew , Lil biebna , Novembru 2003, pp. 195 197. br New Light on Fr Magri s exploration of the Hypogeum Notes from correspondence with the British Museum. , Malta Archaeological Review , Issue 6, 41 ... more details
Portal Ancient Near East Til Barsip or Til Barsib modern Tell Ahmar , Syria is an ancient site situated by the Euphrates river. The site was inhabited as early as the Neolithic period , but it is the remains of the Iron Age city which is the most important settlement at Tell Ahmar. It was known in Hittite language Hittite as Masuwari . ref Hawkins, John D. http books.google.com books?id yZKJq5A6drwC&pg PA330 Inscriptions of the Iron Age . Retrieved 7 Dec. 2010. ref Til Barsip became the chief town of Aramean speaking Syro Hittite state of Bit Adini B t Adini and was captured by the Assyria ns in the 9th century BC. The city was then renamed as Kar ulm nu a ar du , after the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III . It became a prominent center for the Assyrian administration of the region due to its strategic location by the Euphrates river. The site of Tell Ahmar was first explored by the French archaeologist Fran ois Thureau Dangin in the 1930s. He uncovered the Iron Age city and an Early Bronze Age hypogeum burial with a large amount of pottery. Three important stele s were also discovered at the site. These record how the 8th century BC Aramean king Bar Ga yah , who may be identical with the Assyrian governor Shamshi ilu , made a treaty with the city of Arpad Syria Arpad . Recent excavations at Tell Ahmar were conducted by Guy Bunnens from the University of Melbourne in the late 1980s and through the 1990s. Many ivory carvings of outstanding quality were discovered and these were published in 1997. Bibliography Guy Bunnens Carved ivories from Til Barsib , in American Journal of Archaeology, vol.101, no.3, July 1997 . http ancientneareast.tripod.com PDF Barsib.pdf Online version by JSTOR References reflist coord missing Syria Category Bronze Age sites in Syria Category Aramaean cities Category Syro Hittite states Category Ancient Assyrian cities Category Former populated places in Syria Category Neolithic sites in Syria Category Iron Age sites in Syria de Til Barsip es Ti ... more details
The gantija phase 3600 3200 BCE owes its name to the gantija gantija Temples in Xaghra , Gozo . The gantija phase is directly preceded by the M arr phase 3800 3600 BCE , ref name users.aber.ac.uk http users.aber.ac.uk jpg malta arch.html ref and is characterized by a change in the way the prehistoric inhabitants of Malta lived. The gantija Phase evolved into the Saflieni phase Saflieni and Tarxien phase s 3000 2500 BCE , ref name users.aber.ac.uk named after the unique subterranean temple known as the Hypogeum of al Saflieni and the Tarxien Temples , respectively. gantija overview main gantija Image Ggantija niches.jpg thumb Niche architecture Niche s occur throughout the gantija complex The temples of gantija are one of the Megalithic Temples of Malta and were first excavated in 1827 by John Otto Bayer . They are built with coralline limestone blocks and each temple contains five apses connected by a central corridor leading to an innermost trefoil section. The first temple is larger and contains a variety of features such as altars, relief carvings and libation holes. The second temple was built later and is devoid of such features. Also of interest is the corbelling technique evident on the inwardly inclined walls, suggesting that the temple was roofed. Burial in the gantija Phase continues in the shaft and chamber tomb style established by the ebbu phase 4100 3800 BCE ref name users.aber.ac.uk culture. Maltese folklore Local folklore interpreting these gigantic structures, in particular those of gantija, maintain they were built by giants gantija is a Maltese language Maltese word meaning Place of the Giants . ref http www.heritagemalta.org ggantija.html ref Citations Reflist DEFAULTSORT Ggantija phase Category Neolithic Category Pre Indo Europeans Category Megalithic Temples of Malta Category Maltese prehistory ... more details
Expand French date December 2008 Infobox French commune name C reste image coat of arms Blason Cereste.svg region Provence Alpes C te d Azur department Alpes de Haute Provence arrondissement Forcalquier canton Reillanne INSEE 04045 postal code 04280 mayor G rard Baumel term 2008&ndash 2014 intercommunality Haute Provence longitude 5.58777777778 latitude 43.8566666667 elevation m 370 elevation min m 323 elevation max m 971 area km2 32.54 population 1213 population date 2006 C reste is a Communes of France commune in the Alpes de Haute Provence Departments of France department in southeastern France . Geography The river Calavon forms the commune s northern and northwestern borders. History A Gallic Empire Gallo Roman period settlement was established in the quarter of today s Saint Sauveur priory, possibly as a crossing control point for the river. ref Collier Haute Provence , p 18 et 24 25. Voir aussi Gallia revue XXV, 1967, fascicule 2, p 386 ref Surviving relics of the Roman empire Roman period include a pottery potters oven , an Hypogeum ancient tomb and Sarcophagus Sarcophagi at Saint Sauveur. The fr Prieur de Carluc Priory of Carluc was founded in the eleventh century. Another priory, that of Saint Sauveur , belonged during the twelfth and thirteenth century to the fr Abbaye Saint Andr de Villeneuve l s Avignon Abbey of Saint Andrew at Villeneuve l s Avignon . The fiefdom was held initially by the Forcalquiers, and later by the fr Famille de Brancas Brancas family By the start of the eighteenth century, the Estieu brothers were running a Pottery pottery oven . ref Raymond Collier, , p 511 ref During the French revolution revolution the commune had its own Patriotic Society , a variation on the Jacobin Club theme, created in this case soon after 1792. ref Patrice Alphand, Les Soci t s populaires , La R volution dans les Basses Alpes , Annales de Haute Provence, bulletin de la soci t scientifique et litt raire des Alpes de Haute Provence, no 307, 1 sup er sup ... more details
Infobox French commune name La Chapelle Taillefert region Limousin region Limousin department Creuse arrondissement arrondissement of Gu ret Gu ret canton Gu ret Sud Ouest INSEE 23052 postal code 23000 mayor Thierry Dubosclard term 2008&ndash 2014 intercommunality Communaut de communes de Gu ret Saint Vaury longitude 1.84027777778 latitude 46.1013888889 elevation m 600 elevation min m 462 elevation max m 690 area km2 14.11 population 357 population date 2005 La Chapelle Taillefert is a communes of France commune in the Creuse departments of France d partement of the Limousin region Limousin region of central France . Geography An area of farming and forestry comprising the village and a few small hamlets situated in the valley of the Gartempe River , some convert 5 mi km south of Gu ret at the junction of the D52, D940 and the D940a roads. Population Demography 1962 288 1968 319 1975 261 1982 257 1990 310 1999 353 2005 357 withoutdoublecount 1962 ref http www.recensement.insee.fr RP99 rp99 co navigation.co page?nivgeo C&codgeo 23052&theme ALL&typeprod ALL&lang FR&quelcas LISTE La Chapelle Taillefert on the Insee website Fr ref Places of interest The church, dating from the twelfth century. The fourteenth century stone cross. Remains of a hypogeum . A menhir . People linked with the commune Victor Lanoux , comedian and writer, born 1936, lived here until the age of 11. See also Communes of the Creuse department Creuse The d partement of Creuse External links http www.quid.fr communes.html?mode detail&id 20097&req La Chapelle Taillefert La Chapelle Taillefert on the Quid website Fr Notes This article is based on the fr La Chapelle Taillefert equivalent article from the French Wikipedia , consulted 5 March 2009. Reflist Creuse communes Category Communes of Creuse ca La Chap la Talhafer ceb La Chapelle Taillefert es La Chapelle Taillefert eo La Chapelle Taillefert fr La Chapelle Taillefert it La Chapelle Taillefert ms La Chapelle Taillefert nl La Chapelle Taillefert pl ... more details
Not be confused with Tiggiano . Infobox Italian comune name Triggiano official name Comune di Triggiano native name image skyline imagesize image alt image caption image shield Triggiano Stemma.png shield alt image map map alt map caption pushpin label position bottom pushpin map alt latd 41 latm 4 lats latNS N longd 16 longm 55 longs longEW E coordinates type region IT coordinates display title coordinates footnotes region RegioneIT sigla PUG province ProvinciaIT short form sigla BA BA frazioni mayor party mayor area footnotes area total km2 19 population footnotes ref Population from Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ISTAT ref population total 27404 population as of 30 June 2008 pop density footnotes population demonym Triggianesi elevation footnotes elevation min m elevation max m elevation m 60 twin1 twin1 country saint Maria SS. della Croce day Third Sunday in September postal code 70019 area code 080 website Official http www.comune.triggiano.bari.it footnotes These are currently unused istat 072046 fractions Bari , Capurso , Noicattaro fiscal code L425 Triggiano is a town and comune in the province of Bari , Puglia , Italy . Overview Triggiano is a small town in the southern part of the Bari province. The town counts around 30000 people in 2006. The origins of the modern City are to be defined in the 14th century as university the small people s aggregations around a fortified village in this part of Italy. The medieval town is still visible in the actual town in the so called Rione Ponte Bridge quartier from the name of the access door to the city that had a moving bridge . Important things to see in this town are The mother church Santa Maria Veterana hypogeum near the Rione Ponte . The paintings in the mother church Santa Maria Veterana. The Lama San Giorgio zone. The San Lorenzo church in the grotto. The Madonna della Croce fresco painting in the Madonna della Croce church. The Medieval Rione Ponte Triggiano is well connected to the Bari downtown via Sud E ... more details
Other persons Themistocles Themistocles disambiguation Unreferenced date September 2007 Infobox Person name Sir Themistocles Zammit image Temi Zammit.jpg caption quotation birth date 30 September 1864 birth place Malta dead yes death date 2 November 1935 death place occupation Archaeologist, historian, medical doctor, academic, writer spouse Aloisia Barbaro di San Giorgio children Charles and Sophia Zammit Sir Themistocles Zammit 1864 &ndash 1935 was a Maltese people Maltese archaeologist and historian, professor of chemistry, medical doctor, researcher and writer, serving as Rector 1920 26 of the Royal University of Malta and first Director of the National Museum of Archaeology Malta National Museum of Archaeology in Valletta . Career After graduating in medicine from the University of Malta , Zammit specialised in bacteriology in London and Paris. His 1905 discovery of contaminated milk as the vector for transmission into humans of brucellosis B. melitensis present in the blood of the goat greatly contributed to the elimination from the islands of undulant fever , earning him the knighthood. Author of several literary works in the Maltese language, Temi Zammit was conferred the DLitt Honoris Causa by Oxford University . He also published a History of the Maltese Islands and excavated important archaeological sites, such as the Hypogeum and the megalithic Tarxien Temples , a ar Qim and Mnajdra , which have since been declared UNESCO World Heritage Site s. Legacy Zammit s scientific approach to archaeology further enhanced his international reputation. A permanent display of some of his findings may be viewed at the National Museum of Archaeology in Valletta. The main Assembly Hall of the University of Malta was named after him. He also appears on a commemorative 1973 Maltese pound coin. xog ol ta arkeolo ija li g amel. Kien hu li adem biex fdalijiet tal pre istorja f Malta, b all Ipo ew ta al Saflieni, ma jintilfux, i da ji u m arsa u studjati sewwa. Permezz ta ... more details
Image Eleusinian hydria Antikensammlung Berlin 1984.46.jpg thumb So called Eleusina hydria , ca. 430 BC. Berlin , Antikensammlung Berlin Antikensammlung . The Varrese Painter was an Apulia n Red figure pottery red figure Apulian vase painting vase painter . His works are dated to the middle of the 4th century BC. His conventional name is derived from the Varrese hypogeum a rock cut grave complex at Canosa di Puglia , which contained several vases painted by him. In total, over 200 known vases are attributed to him. Scholars consider him one of the most important representatives of his period. His influence extended beyond his immediate surroundings and beyond his own phase of activity, as far as the immediate predecessors of the Darius Painter . A quarter of the vases attributed to him, including hydriai , nestorid s, loutrophoros loutrophoroi and a large oenochoe are of considerable size. The rest if his work is mainly on bell krater s and pelike s . Although he belongs to the tradition of the Ornate Style , his smaller vessels are often stylistically close to the Plain Style . His pictorial repertoire is characterised by frequently repeated motifs. Four basic motifs have been identified A naked youth, either standing with one arm covered by a garment, or seated on a folded cloth A standing female figure, both legs clearly visible under her garment, one placed behind the other A clothed woman, one of her feet standing on a higher level than the other, her upper body bent towards that foot, one arm resting on her thigh A seated woman, placing one leg in front of the other. The Varrese Painter s figures appear serious and sombre, their mouths are small and turned downwards. His women often wear their hair in a knot held by a white band. On his larger vases, especially when depicting funerary naiskoi , he makes copious use of additional colours. His large vessels usually show Greek mythology mythological scenes. His smaller vases usually bear compositions of two or th ... more details
s younger son, the newly designated Emperor Domitian , who constructed the hypogeum , a series of underground ... Press, 1929. ref Arena and hypogeum File Kolosseumbannen.jpg right thumb The Colosseum arena, showing the hypogeum . The wooden walkway is a modern structure. File Colloseum hypogeum detail.jpg thumb Detail of the hypogeum The arena itself was 83 meters by 48 meters 272 ft by 157 ... the Latin word for sand is harena or arena , covering an elaborate underground structure called the hypogeum literally meaning underground . Little now remains of the original arena floor, but the hypogeum ... claridge The hypogeum was connected by underground tunnels to a number of points outside the Colosseum ... in the hypogeum . Elevators and pulleys raised and lowered scenery and props, as well as lifting caged ... channel down its central axis which would later have been replaced by the hypogeum . ref name claridge ... and it gives a good impression of what the underground hypogeum would have been like. Citation ... more details
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