It is not only the first time in 2,000 years that the area – described as the “heart” of the building – has been open; since the underground levels, or “hypogea,” were where gladiators ...

It is not only the first time in 2,000 years that the area – described as the “heart” of the building – has been open; since the underground levels, or “hypogea,” were where gladiators ...

As the Colosseum's purpose shifted from an arena to a tourist attraction, the hypogea — or labyrinth of tunnels that were once below the stage — were closed off. The Colosseum's 7 million ...

For the first time ever, the bowels below Rome’s Colosseum, where gladiators and animals waited before combat, are open to the public. Following an extensive renovation, the hypogea—as the ...

Several monumental statues of human figures can be seen in the park, which also contains many hypogea dating from the 6th to the 10th century. These huge underground tombs (some burial chambers are up ...

tombs from multiple stages of occupation are known — from the Greek Hellenistic period (sixth to third centuries B.C.), there are burial chambers for the wealthy called hypogea, and from the ...

Sebastiano Tusa has sketches in black and white of both these Sicilian Late Neolithic hypogea, writing that especially Calaforno's was inspired by Malta's hypogeum. (Edizione Sellerio, Palermo 1990).

Aerial view of the five hypogea. Credit: Jonathan Santana et al. A recent study has revealed that the hypogeum cemetery of La Beleña, located in the province of Córdoba (southern Spain), is one of the ...