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Friday, 22 April 2022

A New Underground City Is Being Excavated In Turkey And It Is Huge

 [Anomalien]: Recently, another ancient underground city was discovered in Turkey and it is believed that up to 70 thousand people could hide in it. If so, this makes the new city the largest of all similar underground cities found by archaeologists.

Many of you have probably heard about the ancient city of Derinkuyu, which is located in Turkey and was dug underground about 3-4 thousand years ago. Derinkuyu has 8 tiers (floors) and goes to a depth of 60 meters. It was discovered by archaeologists in 1963 and still impresses historians.

However, Derinkuyu is not even the largest Turkish underground city in terms of area. Not far from it is the city of Nivsehira, founded at about the same time as Derinkuyu, and having both underground and above-ground buildings. People still live in it (more than 67 thousand people), and in ancient times, at least 20 thousand could accommodate its underground part....<<<Read More>>>...