Turkish Underground City

Source: The Travel Magazine

Derinkuyu:

In 1963, a Turkish man discovered the ancient 18 story underground city with ventilation shafts, kitchens, wells, winery and living spaces.

Possible creators: Ancient Anatolian Hittites or Indo European Phrygians

Estimated population: 20000 People

Depth: Over 250 feet

But discovery of the 2013 underground city stole most of the attractions from it.

The National Geographic depicted the newly discovered city by stating that:

“This new discovery will be added as a new pearl, a new diamond, a new gold” to Cappadocia’s riches, raves Ünver, the mayor, who wants to build “the world’s largest antique park,” with boutique hotels and art galleries aboveground and walking trails and a museum below.

In 2013, construction workers demolished 1500 buildings as part of an urban renewal project and discovered entrances to a network of rooms and tunnels. Archaeologists then followed the tunnels and discovered a multilevel settlement of living spaces, kitchens, wineries, chapels and staircases.

The site is nearly five million square feet. It contains corridors as deep as 371 feet. The ruins are perhaps 5000 years old.

To let us understand it’s grandeur The Telegraph stated:

“Geo-radiation scanning suggests the multilevel settlement is the size of about 65 football pitches, and is likely to include living spaces, kitchens, wineries, chapels, and staircases.”

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