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Incredible underground city in Turkey that runs 18 storeys deep discovered by lo

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« on: June 22, 2018, 01:07:24 pm »

Incredible underground city in Turkey that runs 18 storeys deep discovered by local who was renovating his home

In 1963, a Turkish dad knocked down a wall in his basement, revealing a secret room which led to the ancient city of Derinkuyu




An underground 18-storey city that was discovered by chance (Image: Getty Images)








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These stunning images show the underground 18-storey city discovered by chance by a man renovating his home.

In 1963, a Turkish dad knocked down a wall in his basement, revealing a secret room which led to an underground tunnel that took him to the ancient city of Derinkuyu.


Photos of the preserved city document how 20,000 people - including livestock and entire food supplies - could have lived 85m beneath the earth.





Thought to have been created during the Byzantine era in 780-1180AD, the network of kitchens, stables, churches, tombs, wells, communal rooms and schools was most likely used as a bunker to protect inhabitants from the Arab–Byzantine wars.
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[img]https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article9457097.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Derinkuyu-Underground-City-Cappadocia-Turkey.jpg[/img
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