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Discovered in 1949, it is very likely to have originally been a rock-cut tomb
but, during the "Tarxien" phase (c3000-2500 BC), it might have served as the
temple's rubbish pit.
In fact, a lot of material from this phase was found in it, as well as a few
pottery sherds of the "Ggantija" phase (c3600-3000 BC), fragments of a human
skull and some animal bones.
Today (2002), it has been completely excavated leaving a 1.5m high rock tunnel
with an entrance at either end.
Text by Tony Oldham (2002).
With kind permission.
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