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The standing temples were
life-centers. For the dead, the temples were mirrored underground
by carving the architectural features from solid rock. These
special underground shrines were cave-like communal cemeteries such as
the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum. (Read an article about the Hypogeum
at
http://otsf.org/Archaeoacoustics.htm )
Bones were found jumbled together in
pits, and had been treated with red ochre pigment. Some
anthropologists think the color may have signified blood or the
life-force, perhaps as part of a reincarnation belief. Eerie
red paintings on the ceilings in the Hypogeum can still be seen. |
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