Maleme (Greek: Μάλεμε) is a small village and civilian airfield[2][3] 16 km (9.9 mi) to the west of Chania, in north western Crete, Greece.

The tholos tomb, located on "Kafkala" hill, was accidentally revealed and then looted at the beginning of the 20th century.

During World War II a bomb caused the partial destruction of its roof and the backfill of the chamber.

The burial chamber, very carefully built with large porous stones, square in ground plan (4.36m x 4.46m), should have ended in a pyramidal roof.

Many of the paratroopers lost their lives in the attack and are buried in the German war cemetery [5](35°31′21″N 23°49′52″E / 35.522395°N 23.8311892°E / 35.522395; 23.8311892[6]) located on a hill above Maleme.