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Thursday, December 29, 2022

For one man in Turkey, a renovation attempt in 1963 led to the discovery of a lifetime. Knocking down a basement wall revealed a multi-layered underground city, which researchers are now understanding to have housed up to 20,000 people.

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...The man -- whose name remains under wraps even after several decades -- resided in the Turkish providence of Cappadocia. He's said to have been working on an interior home upgrade when he demolished the one barrier dividing his residence from that of people from as far back as the 8th or 7th centuries BCE. The hole in his wall opened up to a tunnel, which gave way to more tunnels, allowing archaeologists at the Turkish Department of Culture to inspect the newly-discovered city firsthand.

Now referred to as Derinkuyu, the city is believed to have housed early Christians who fled from the Romans, plus Muslim Arabs seeking refuge from the Arab-Byzantine wars. Compared with other hideouts, Derinkuyu offered a decent level of security: Many people didn't know about the underground labyrinth at all, and if residents were found out, they could use the city's many intricate escape routes to avoid harm. They even used stone "doors" to block passageways, sealing themselves and their families inside with select livestock and other supplies until intruders gave up and left....



#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2022-12-29 12:51 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Cool story! He could have made a fortune selling tickets! Roadside signs along highways, "See Derinkuyu!"

#2 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2022-12-29 01:35 PM | Reply

Ancient Turkeys version of liberal politicians in the basement of a pizzeria practicing pedophilia? It's all true. I read about it on-line.

#3 | Posted by moder8 at 2022-12-29 01:57 PM | Reply

Roadside signs along highways, "What Is IT???"

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2022-12-29 02:10 PM | Reply

Ancient Turkeys version of liberal politicians in the basement of a pizzeria practicing pedophilia? It's all true. I read about it on-line.

#3 | Posted by moder8

Right wing Turks would have turned it into "Falafalgate." Which is actually more fun to say than "Pizzagate."

#5 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2022-12-29 02:13 PM | Reply

@#2 ... Roadside signs along highways ...

Burma Shave....

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2022-12-29 02:15 PM | Reply

Exactly!

Or like along I-75, where you see signs for hundreds of miles urging you to visit "Ruby Falls."

Which, in comparison to this labyrinth, is minute.

#7 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2022-12-29 02:22 PM | Reply

It is a cool sorry.

And it's not the only one. Apparently there are hundreds of them. And no real records of who built them and lived there and why.

#8 | Posted by donnerboy at 2022-12-29 05:28 PM | Reply

Cool Story.

Sheese.

#9 | Posted by donnerboy at 2022-12-29 05:29 PM | Reply

#8 I hitchhiked Turkey in between the Gulf Wars and visited one of these cities in Cappadocia. It had giant stone wheel doors to allow the inhabitants to seal themselves in. The guide said the underground city was to hide from the Mongols, I think, but he was paid to tell interesting stories, so I don't know for sure.

#10 | Posted by bored at 2022-12-29 06:39 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Now that's a man cave.

#11 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2022-12-30 12:29 PM | Reply

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