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National Archaelogical Museum, Valetta, Malta 3000B.C.

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The most spectacular monument in Malta is the enormous, labyrinth-like underground sanctuary known as the Hypogeum which may have been the ceremonial center of the island. It is more than 6,000 square meters in three levels. This catacomb-like structure seems to have been at once temple, tomb and healing center. The main hall leads into the oracle room where two identical small sculptures of a woman were found lying on the floor where they were probably left when the shrine was abandoned.

The dreamer is lying on her side on a low couch, one enormous right forearm underneath her head, the other draped across her heavy breast. She is ample-hipped and topless. Dressed in a full length, bell-shaped skirt she clearly appears to be asleep, almost visibly dreaming. The figures were probably part of a ceremony of dream incubation.