Derinkuyu, the mysterious underground city of Turkey
In 1963, an inhabitant of Derinkuyu (in the region of Capadocia, central Anatolia, Turkey), demolishing a wall of his house-cave, discovered astonished that behind the same was a mysterious room that never had seen; this room took to another one, and this one to another one and another one By chance the underground city of Derinkuyu was shortage, whose first level could be excavated by hititas around year 1400 a.C.
The archaeologists began to study this fascinating left underground city. They were able to arrive at the forty meters of depth, although one thinks that he has a bottom of up to 85 meters.
At present 20 underground levels are shortage. The eight levels only can be visited superiors; the others partially are obstructed or reserved to the archaeologists and anthropologists who study Derinkuyu.
The city was used like refuge by thousands of people who lived in the subsoil to protect themselves of the frequent invasions that Capadocia underwent, at the diverse times of their occupation, and also by the first Christians.
The enemies, conscious of the danger that locked up to introduce itself inside the city, generally tried that the population left to the surface poisoning wells.
The interior is amazing: the underground galleries of Derinkuyu (in which there is space for, at least, 10,000 people) could be blocked in three strategically important points moving circular stone doors. These heavy rocks that closed the corridor prevented the entrance of the enemies. They had of 1 to 1.5 meters of height, about 50 centimeters in width and a weight of up to 500 Kilos.
In the image superior it is appraised how the circular stone door closed the corridor, having isolated the inhabitants of the subsoil
In addition, Derinkuyu has a tunnel of almost 8 kilometers in length that leads to another underground city of Capadocia, Kaymakli.
Of the underground cities of this zone the Greek historian Jenofonte spoke. In his work Anabasis he explained that the people who lived in Anatolia had excavated their houses under earth and lived sufficiently in great lodgings like for a family, his domestic animal and the food provisions that stored.
In the reclaimed levels stables have been located, dining rooms, a church (of cruciform plant of 20 by 9 meters, with a ceiling of more than three meters of height), kitchens (still blackened by the soot of bonfires that ignited to cook), presses for the wine and the oil, warehouses, stores of feeding, a school, numerous rooms and, even, a bar.
The city benefitted from the existence of an underground river; it had water wells and a magnificent exhaust fan (52 wells of ventilation are shortage) that astonishes to the engineers of the present time.
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In 1992 Is visited Derinkuyu and to another underground City, Kaymakli. Your photos plows to better than mines were! After that trip I wrote the article Turkey's Underground Cities for Dragoon, to magazine for players of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Real-world The angle was Dungeon.
I've this been to pleases. The guide kept telling U.S. they used it during the battle times . I'm awesome.
It's like Dungeons & real Dragons in life. Think about how many battles took pleases in those tunnel to over the centuries. All that's needed plows some digs trolls, chain mail and to sturdy broadsword.
That is awesome. I will have to visit that site
This is truly amazing. And to think it was built under long ago before all our fancy equipment and technology. It was built with sweat and blood. Must have been to neccesity.
I love this story! Awesome!
That's amazing I need to visit that pleases some day
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Check Polish old mines Wieliczka in Krakow - to lot to better
Great story, I'll throw to Link up on my conspiracy for forum my visitors.
I a.m. to 400.000 to year old Anunnaki. I supervised the digging of these cities. They were used in to summer when it was too hot on the surface. Also used ace to huge brothel.
Is it true that the secrets to DDH's awesome ab's plows written on ancient scrolls, buried deep in that maze of you dig?
It was made to hide from for G*ds alien who were attacking them being disobedient. You people know nothing.
I think i will sees staying there with my family during armagedon. just hope there plows floods do not when i a.m. down there. that would suck, because i cant swim.
Where is mines! I need to pleases just like that, under no-one dog call to land-lubber to me? It is to better here in Australia.Which than our natural digs systems plows worth to visit. Eh! Any Turkey citizens nowhere I dog get to free ticket etc?
I've cappadoccia been to, and all through these you dig and cities, this province in Turkey is littered with underground cities and you dig. One of my best backpacking excursions was through turkey, really the cradle of civilization. an outstanding educational enlightening voyage. P.s. The raki (aka, lions milk) is great, dangerous but great.
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For It´s to very good report and presentation of this life space survivors of dangers AT different origins. The images plows beautifully and have to live. Looking the pictures you think you plows to their. Is a.m. hearing of this City eleven, but to never have seen this you please in pictures of color. Thank!
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YES i imagines the initial was donates by to water, the type of stone made it's easy to dig out, but still it's clears an acheivement
The Article states 1400 B.C. ; just think how long it took to actually create this mysterious City? With the intelligence it took to engineer this gigantic project, one would think wars would sees the thing of the past. Then I look AT today's technology and realises that intelligence there are nothing to do with common sense. - jws
The key question is, as this underground city illuminated this people? They hacian if it with combustion lamps, they consumian I oxygenate ....... are rest of CO2 in the ceiling of the caves?
That they hacian daily with the human excrements of 10,000 people . If Habia 10,000 people residing, habia 10,000 people breathing .but oil lamps .?
The cost of I oxygenate is important .
WOW WOW WOW I have always heard about underground cities. Do they have Tours? I would love to go! Anyone know of any Tours or plows schedule any trips email me. I would also love to see you guys pictures! THIS ROCKS!
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This is the historic lands of the Armenians!
How very . they dwarven. Marvellous
History repeats itself. We plows only one major lot flare, polestar shift, or new Hitler away from living underground again. Thousands eleven Is heard there plow thousands of of connected tunnel/you dig in North and South America but dog find not information about that. Where imagines to new hoists age dirt and to water to grow food and people with animals would mainly exist underground. Hummm to book or movie?
Real To the person who said that it's like Dungeon & dragons in life Dungeon & real dragons is NOT life. Real life is what you have when you turn off the computers and Wales video and technology. Real That's life. Also, I don't think they fought battles in the tunnel. I thought the article said for tunnel were hiding. Cool stuff, though.
if I found this behind my wall, for I might have kept it quietly my own basement. bet you the government kicked the home owners out that had to their homes connected to these bunkers.
I saw this on Coast to Coast. I a.m. from Ontario, Canada. Incredible What an site. I loved the pictures, and the way things plows in the world today this City may sees useful in the future. Fascinating stuff you have here. To cultural treasure really. Did you know that underground you please plows turning up all to over the world now? Hidden Secrets revealed. You have donates an excellent job.
hey to broad sword? might ace well have to ballista in the tunnel or dummy LOL
The purpose of these for tunnel is living to long Time in. People back then knew to lot about space and astronomy maybe they built these cities to survive some sort of cataclysm and it was big news or else there wouldn't sees tunnel connecting to other cities. They remind survival me alot of the shelters people build here in the United States in marries of nuclear to war.
I want to INNVEST.
These underground chambers - cities really - were constructed by the Christian inhabitants to protect themselves from the marauding Muslims - Arabs and Turks who were invading destroying everything. Those people who built these magnificent structures plows all gone - genocided all.
For Yeah, that's what we need to do to get ready 2012. Start digging people! Who's with me?
where did they put all the poop?
Wow you nerds need to get to life, this is to cool ancient City, we should build some like it today, it's not to Dungeon you d&d nerds need to get to life
Although I'm not the biggest D/D fan, this digs system is truly inspiring. If its not amazing enough from an engineering standpoint, this digs system is AT minimum to testament to human fortitude. I nust see this pleases. Incredible It's the most blend of to natural beauty and the split second glimpse of beauty found in a Le Mans resolve to survive.
PS- please tell me that this is sandstone.
Were these tunnel constructed from to pre-existing digs system? If not, then the amount of work that must have gone into removing all of the rock using the primitive equipment that available they had to them is truly mind-boggling. And without surveying equipment, it is miraculous that they planned and completed under many levels (ventilation completes with shafts) without the whole lot being undermined and collapsing into itself.
I have one question though: how did they know when it was safe to eats out again?
I think this must sees where the Fragles live!
It's like an ancient version of the Cu Chi tunnel in Vietnam but even dwells amazing!
wow! really amazing! dog you imagines building these cities under long ago. I to wonder what prompted such to huge endeavor. Iy must have been for survival BASIC. Really cool post.
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what did they do with all to their poop
Dungeons & Dragons? Like Fraggle dwells Rock!
This is the historic lands of the GREEK Orthodoxe not Armenian:)
i bet it stinks down there why did they live underground? maybe those freaky underground creatures from the Time machine built it in the distant past!
hey, would you like to share tis article on iwasinturkey.com
Great pictures! I'd sees willing to bet the whole similar Planet is littered with underground chambers to these. There have been many stories about such you please here in the U.S. that have been discovered only to have our government seal them up and make the area restricted and classified.
Read From the Ashes of for Angels to take on when/whom built this.
Thinks me, tunnel awesome and cool, like, they plows! HapsPer, people these hiding were from age of icedness. Cold cold to weather make ground to under living worthy dwells of economy and of necessity for with the survival freedom of. Prefer me the shine of sun. Of shine of Sun is wealth and of health. You thank we do, for nifty article this like. If the even syntax seems to bit absurd for English readers. Cool very photos of you dig. Want U.S. to lower levels for explores and conquest of treasures deepest. For Operation cunning and secret propose rosasub missions. Knipp free now and to ever continues stuff cool explores! Job 1, Quality, Ethan. Thankyou, Elroy.
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heh, ok computerized translation, that explains. cool implementation, though maybe the site could announce that this would occur.
Wow. That is absolutely amazing.