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A Turkish Man Discovered a Whole City in His Basement
Floor8beta ^ | 25 January 2018 | Lindsey Young

Posted on 01/28/2018 1:23:11 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion

​In 1963, a Turkish man accidentally uncovered an underground city while making renovations to his home. In the region of ​Cappadocia, the man was knocking down a wall in his basement when he unintentionally came across a secret room, which led to an underground tunnel, which opened up to a ancient hidden city: Derinkuyu.

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This ancient city was lying 18 stories beneath the Earth's surface. With about 600 entrances, it could house over 20,000 people and the preservation from the photos show the possibility of livestock, food supplies, churches, tombs, communal rooms, schools and stables all hidden in the underground city (Chapel featured in image above).


The subterranean tunnels stretch for miles and even connect Derinkuyu with other underground ancient cities nearby.

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Believed to be created during the Byzantine era in 780-1180 AD, the city's elaborate architecture was most likely used to protect its creators from war and natural disasters. The massive stone doors could close Derinkuyu from intruders on the outside, and each story was able to be cut off separately. 

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Astonishing enough, Derinkuyu is not the only city of its kind, though it is up there for one of the largest underground cities. Now, about only half of the city is accessible, becoming a popular tourist destination, along with the natural geological makeup of the region, including rock formations and spires known as "fairy chimneys."


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: anatolia; archeology; basements; cappadocia; catacomb; catacombs; derinkuyu; godsgravesglyphs; kaymakli; turkey; undergroundcities; undergroundcity
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To: Hodar

I was thinking the same, safety from nature disasters i.e. muslims.


41 posted on 01/28/2018 3:12:23 PM PST by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

I would have kept it secret. What a survival bunker!


42 posted on 01/28/2018 3:19:29 PM PST by TigersEye (A Russian Bot is a Russian Bot to his last dying day!)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

All seven of the churches addressed in the Biblical book of Revelation were located in what is now Turkey.

These churches are believed by many to be representative of the last-generation of churches throughout the world.

Churches have, historically, faced persecution. It has been common to seek shelter underground.


43 posted on 01/28/2018 3:20:05 PM PST by unlearner (You will never come to know that which you do not know until you first know that you do not know it.)
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To: Interesting Times

LOL

The real estate agent who shows that offering had better be a strong hiker.


44 posted on 01/28/2018 3:26:17 PM PST by TigersEye (A Russian Bot is a Russian Bot to his last dying day!)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

An old story, but the guy probably lost his home over this revelation.


45 posted on 01/28/2018 4:32:16 PM PST by caver
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Back in 1990 a contractor found a tunnel underneath a building he had just torn down. That night he ran into me at a bar and knowing my backgound asked me to look at what he discovered. It didn’t take long to tell him it was part of the Underground Railway. I also told him to blow it or he would be not paid for his work and would be tied up for years in stupid legal battles.


46 posted on 01/28/2018 5:08:26 PM PST by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Interesting Times

At that basement size, it’s best to keep the Tax assessor in the dark...


47 posted on 01/28/2018 5:15:47 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Now THAT’S what I call a “Man Cave”.


48 posted on 01/28/2018 5:16:50 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Paladin2

You’d feed him wouldn’t you? Just askin’


49 posted on 01/28/2018 5:34:40 PM PST by TigersEye (A Russian Bot is a Russian Bot to his last dying day!)
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To: TigersEye

Only if he signed a contract to get into a new line of work after release.


50 posted on 01/28/2018 5:40:10 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Thanks aMorePerfectUnion and Paladin2. Since I think I forgot to do it earlier, this will make a nice weekly digest list bump as well.

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51 posted on 01/29/2018 5:48:21 AM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
I want one!

You're going to need a lot of help with the dusting.....

52 posted on 01/29/2018 5:51:08 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
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10 Amazing Subterranean Structures From the Ancient World
By April Holloway, www.ancient-origins.net
June 15, 2014 2:09 pm Last Updated: June 15, 2014 8:47 pm
https://www.theepochtimes.com/10-amazing-subterranean-structures-from-the-ancient-world_737362.html


53 posted on 01/29/2018 6:06:42 AM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: SunkenCiv

Oh. My. HECK!

What awesomeness!


54 posted on 01/29/2018 6:24:59 AM PST by Monkey Face (The trouble with trouble is that it starts out as fun. ~ FB ~)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
...the city's elaborate architecture was most likely used to protect its creators from war and natural disasters.

The first bomb shelter?

-PJ

55 posted on 01/29/2018 6:30:02 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: Hot Tabasco
😂
56 posted on 01/29/2018 6:47:48 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (Q is Baron Trump, time-traveling back from the future, to help his dad fight the deep state.)
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To: SunkenCiv; Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; 2ndDivisionVet; ...

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57 posted on 01/29/2018 9:37:40 AM PST by bitt (We dont need an electric chair, we need electric bleachers.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Ooops! Intended to ping you, but got diverted into researching the "Cappadocian/Anatolian Fairy Chimneys" -- which contain aboveground structures like these cities, and which may be physically connected to them.
58 posted on 01/29/2018 9:57:20 AM PST by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias | "Islamists": Satan's assassins | "Moderate Muslims": Useful idiots.)
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To: TXnMA

Thanks. :^) It appears that some of the smaller underground towns got their start from someone carving their way into those natural chimneys.


59 posted on 01/29/2018 11:23:49 AM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

He should have kept it secret and prepped it for WWIII. He’ll need it.


60 posted on 01/29/2018 11:27:07 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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