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Definition of Hypogea
1. hypogeum [n] - See also: hypogeum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypogea
Literary usage of Hypogea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Register, Or, Summary Review of History, Politics, and Literature by Robert Walsh (1817)
"Description of the hypogea or Grottoes of the city of Thebes, ... The hypogea
are reached by winding passages, and now serve as an asylum to the robber ..."
2. The Standard Dictionary of Facts: History, Language, Literature, Biography edited by Henry Woldmar Ruoff (1909)
"Their earliest works are the hypogea or spea, wherein their dead were interred,
... The plan is very similar to that of the hypogea, or caves. ..."
3. History and Present Condition of the Barbary States: Comprehending a View of by Michael Russell (1842)
"... Christianity—Tombs —Theatres— Style of Architecture—Amphitheatre—Temples—Stadium—
hypogea—Notion of petrified Village—Account by Shaw— Remark by Delia ..."
4. Egypt and Mohammed Ali, Or, Travels in the Valley of the Nile: Or, Travels by James Augustus St. John (1834)
"But, though inferior in interest and magnitude to many of the hypogea in the
southern part of the valley of the Nile, it must still be admitted that they ..."
5. The Family Library (Harper). by Child Study Association of America Book Review Committee (1842)
"... of Christianity—Tombs — Theatres— Style
of Architecture—Amphitheatre—Temples—Stadium— hypogea—Notion of petrified
Village—Account by Shaw—* ..."
6. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"The earliest works of the Egyptians are their hypogea or spea wherein their dead
were interred, and which served also as subterranean temples. ..."
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