[aMorePerfectUnion]

I want one!

[aMorePerfectUnion]

ping

[Paladin2]

Cleanup on Floor 8.....

[montag813]

Reminds me of the underground caverns under Istanbul in “From Russia With Love”

[JustTheTruth]

I wonder how in the world they provided for fresh air???

[gov_bean_ counter]

Indiana Jones ping!!!

[Hodar]

Funny thing is that most of these underground cities were Christian; hiding from prosecution due to Muslims.

[Paladin2]

What did they do for fresh air? Light? Water and Sewer? Internet connection?

[mairdie]

What a glorious post!

I wonder if all of his neighbors are knocking apart their basements to find more entries.

And who is collecting tourist fees?

[heterosupremacist]

Awe-inspiring. Thank you for posting.

[Lurker]

Very cool.

L

[BeadCounter]

He found this back in 1963 per article. Absolutely fascinating.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

That’s cool.

[Flick Lives]

Very cool story. Every day I learn something on F/R.

I wonder how many other forgotten cities remain buried under the Earth. Hail, Atlantis!

[tumblindice]

Derinkuyu: where dying farts have lingered for decades.

[aces]

lol

[ExpatCanuck]

I hate when that happens. I know the feeling. I was demo’ing a house we bought and the idiots had installed a ceiling right over the old one.

[wtd]

"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."

Initially, I suspected Islam/Arab influences but that wasn't the main threat until the late 10th and early 11th centuries.

• wiki Byzantine Anatolia

  One of the most significant influences of Leo III was his involvement with the Iconoclastic movement in about 726. This controversy, the removal and destruction of religious icons in favour of simple crosses, and the persecution of icon worshippers was to have a profound effect on the empire, its religion and culture over most of the next century before being finally laid to rest in 842.

  (Chapel featured in image above)

  Seems from the history, the issue was iconography.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

What amazes me is that so many people knew about this underground city at one time, but everyone had forgotten until this man was working on his basement.

[Interesting Times]

Second floor: 1,150 square feet.
First floor: 1,200 square feet.
Basement: 1,453,450 square feet.
As is.

[Nifster]

To protect from the mussie hoards