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" ... The site from which the catacombs were carved originally served as a quarry. Large blocks of stone were cut out of the exposed rock, likely to form walls for the nearby city. These quarries formed terraces that have permanently shaped the landscape of Malta. The burials themselves were not made until the Late Phoenician period, around the 4th century BC, but continued to be used through the Roman period for both inhumations and cremation burials. Quarrying continued at the site of the catacombs in the 2nd century AD, destroying some of the older tombs and creating new areas for more burials. Reuse continued long into modern times, with looters stealing grave artifacts, churches using the space for worship, shepherds penning their animals in them, and people sheltering in them during WWII air raids. ... "