UNDERGROUND
CITY DISCOVERED
G'day folks,
I love featuring new discoveries. Here is another one , found in Turkey.
In 1963,
a man in the Nevşehir Province of Turkey knocked down a wall of his home.
Behind it, he discovered a mysterious room and soon discovered an intricate
tunnel system with additional cave-like rooms. What he had discovered was the
ancient Derinkuyu underground city in Turkey.
The
elaborate subterranean network included discrete entrances, ventilation shafts,
wells, and connecting passageways. It was one of dozens of underground cities
carved from the rock in Cappadocia thousands of years ago. It remained hidden
for centuries.
The
underground city at Derinkuyu is neither the largest nor oldest, but its 18
stories make it the deepest. The city was most likely used as a giant
bunker to protect its inhabitants from either war or natural disaster.
It had
access to fresh flowing water -- the wells were not connected with the surface
to prevent poisoning by crafty land dwellers. It also has individual quarters,
shops, communal rooms, tombs, arsenals, livestock, and escape routes. There's
even a school, complete with a
study room.
Check out these photographs.
Clancy's comment: Amazing, eh? What else will we find buried beneath the earth?
Think about this!
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