
Complexes and other places
Hypogeum (rock-cut)
An underground chamber complex cut into bedrock for burial or ritual. Rock-cut, so context rather than megalith unless built megalithic elements are present.
The figures
Counted from the published site index- Catalogued
- 410
- Countries
- 20
- With a dated range
- 17%69 of 410 sites
- With a licensed photo
- 133
See every Hypogeum (rock-cut) on the globeWhere they are
From the Atlas taxonomy, with its Wikidata and Getty AAT matches.
The sites of this type
Sites 1–24 of 133, by name
c. 4000–2500 BCE
al-Hammamiya necropolis
c. 1539–1075 BCEAsarkale Kaya Mezarı -2
No published date range
Asarkale Kaya Mezarı -3
No published date range

Bakırköy Hipojesi
No published date range

Cal Matalasser
No published date range

cámara sepulcral del cerro de la Horca
No published date range

Çanakçı rock tombs
No published date range

Castelet hypogeum
No published date range
Chowannur burial cave
c. 3600–2500 BCE
Christian Basilica of Halmyris
No published date range

Cristallini hypogeum
No published date range

Dolmen du Trou à Morts
No published date range

Dukkan-e Daud
No published date range

Erlapiku
No published date range
Photo: Bizkaiko Foru Aldundia / Unknown original author. · Public domain

Eshaqvand Tombs
No published date range
Eyyal burial cave
No published date range

Fakhrigah
No published date range

Grotte de Saran IV
No published date range
Photo: émile Schmit. Versement & modifications ː G.Garitan · Public domain

Grottes du Razet
No published date range

Hipogeos de Biniai Nou
No published date range

Hipogeos de Valdecanales
No published date range

Hipogeus de Binidalí de sa Cala
No published date range

Hipogeus de Parella Nova
No published date range
Where they are
One dot per site of this type, on a plain graticule. The map draws from the published site index.