Hypogeum of Meninx
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The Hypogeum of Meninx is a rock-cut hypogeum in Tunisia, a monument listed by the Institut National du Patrimoine. It lies in the governorate of Medenine in south-eastern Tunisia, in the town of El Kantara, and was listed on 13 March 1912.
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Hypogeum of Meninx
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- Wikipedia (Arabic): المدافن المسيحيةCC BY-SA 4.0
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- Wikipedia (Arabic): المدافن المسيحيةCC BY-SA 4.0
In Arabic the monument is called المدافن المسيحية, meaning the Christian burial places.
A hypogeum is literally an underground temple or tomb, often with niches for cremated remains or loculi for buried remains.
ContextSources for this section
- Wikipedia (Arabic): المدافن المسيحيةCC BY-SA 4.0
Sources for this section
- Wikipedia (Arabic): المدافن المسيحيةCC BY-SA 4.0
A hypogeum is literally an underground temple or tomb, often with niches for cremated remains or loculi for buried remains. An early example is found at the Minoan Bronze Age site of Knossos on Crete. The Hypogeum of Ħal Saflieni in Paola, Malta, is the oldest example of a prehistoric hypogeum, with its earliest phase dated to 3600 to 3300 BCE.
Tradition and region
About this kind of monument
Other prehistoric stone monuments
The Atlas uses the heading "other" for stone monuments that fit none of its other types, and the same article serves for underground chambers that have no regional article. The records are varied. Many are ziggurats, Egyptian temples and pyramids, and Maya and Andean sites, which are treated in their own articles. What remains is a scatter of single sites in many countries whose descriptions do not allow a closer classification.
Several of these are underground. A hypogeum is literally an "underground" temple or tomb, often with niches for cremated remains or loculi for buried remains. An early example is found at the Minoan Bronze Age site of Knossos on Crete, a beehive-shaped vault cut into soft rock. The Hypogeum of Ħal Saflieni in Paola, Malta, is the oldest example of a prehistoric hypogeum, with its earliest phase dated to 3600 to 3300 BCE. It is a complex of underground chambers, halls and passages covering about 500 square metres on three levels, partly carved to imitate temple architecture and containing extensive prehistoric art.
A rock-cut tomb is cut into an existing rock formation, usually a cliff or sloping rock face, and was a common burial form for the wealthy in several parts of the world. Famous clusters are in Egypt, Iran, Lycia in Turkey, Petra in Jordan and Sicily. Phrygian rock-cut tombs such as the Midas monument date to about 700 BCE, and Etruscan ones to about 500 BCE.
The general rule for these records is that the type tells you how a monument was made, not who made it or when. Dating is taken from the source for each site where a source gives one, and otherwise left as a broad range.
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Dated moments in the story
- 1912
المدافن المسيحية هو معلم أثري تونسي مصنف من قبل المعهد الوطني للتراث يقع في ولاية مدنين في الجنوب الشرقي التونسي، تحديدا في مدينة القنطرة تم تصنيف المعلم في يوم 13 مارس 1912 .
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5 photographs, each with its author and licence
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Where it stands
Tunisia
The pin marks the monument itself — its exact point.
- Coordinates
- 33°41′11″ N, 10°53′59″ EFor a GPS or map app: 33.68647, 10.89975
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Image files
- Hypogée 12.jpgIssamBarhoumiCC BY-SA 4.0
- Hypogée 17.jpgIssamBarhoumiCC BY-SA 4.0
- Meninxbas.JPGISMAILOVECC BY-SA 3.0
- Djerba hypogée de Meninx.jpgHatem BoussaidCC BY-SA 4.0
- Hypogee de Meninx.pngRais67CC BY 4.0
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Adapted from the Wikipedia article "المدافن المسيحية" (Arabic), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; authors are listed in the page history. Reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikipedia · Edit history and authors
- Wikipedia (Arabic): المدافن المسيحيةCC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikidata Q42765448CC0