Posted on 06/15/2023 6:54:08 AM PDT by george76
A Turkish homeowner chasing his chickens through a hole in his basement during renovations came across an abandoned underground Turkish city that once housed 20,000 people.
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the ancient city of Elengubu, known today as Derinkuyu.
Derinkuyu, burrowed more than 280 feet beneath the Central Anatolian region of Cappadocia, is the largest excavated underground city in the world and is believed to connect to more than 200 smaller, separate underground cities
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Inside the subterranean city — whose entrances connect to more than 600 private homes in the modern, surface-level region of Cappadocia — researchers found 18 levels of tunnels containing dwellings, dry food storage, cattle stables, schools, wineries, and even a chapel.
The city was also equipped with a ventilation system that supplied its residents with fresh air and water.
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The exact date the impressive city was built remains contested, but ancient writings dating back to 370 BC indicate Derinkuyu was in existence.
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The .. dimly lit hallways were intentionally built narrow and low so intruders would be forced to stoop and enter in single file.
The doors connecting each level were blocked by half-ton boulders only moveable from the inside that contained a small hole that allowed residents to spear the confined trespassers.
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Hittites — a Bronze Age Anatolian people — “may have excavated the first few levels in the rock when they came under attack from the Phrygians around 1200 BCE,”
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The city likely reached its peak population of 20,000 during the 7th-century Islamic raids on the Christian Byzantine Empire,..
After 2,000 years of use, Derinkuyu was finally abandoned in 1923 by the Cappadocian Greeks, who faced defeat in the Greco-Turkish war and escaped to Greece.
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I love his resulting new addition I might add. 🙂
Instant equity.
And probably higher taxes that he can’t afford, or at least it would be in the U.S.😋
Lessee - property taxes on 600 average California houses, prolly around 15k per year x 600 = 9 mil per year.
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I had to do that yesterday....................
“The city reached its peak population in the 7th century due to Islamic raids…”
I Dont think the world will ever know the full horrors perpetrated by Islam on the West.
From the sound of what lay under his house & beyond, may be the square footage of 600 Mansions combined. But someone who rents (Lessee) is not the one responsible to pay the taxes. At least not directly. Obviously his rent is higher to offset the owner’s tax bite, somewhat. 🙂
preppers
May 29, 1453, the armies of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II finally broke through Constantinople’s defenses after a long siege, marking the end of the Eastern Roman Empire, more commonly known as the Byzantine Empire.
The conquerors were extraordinarily brutal... the Muslim soldiers “slew everyone that they met in the streets, men, women, and children without discrimination. The blood ran in rivers down the steep streets from the heights of Petra toward the Golden Horn. But soon the lust for slaughter was assuaged. The soldiers realized that captives and precious objects would bring them greater profit.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3963696/posts
the difference between him and me, i wouldn’t have said anything until i searched for treasures and then found a way to claim it as my own...
finders keepers. keepers quiet.
“After 2,000 years of use, Derinkuyu was finally abandoned in 1923...”
So it’s only been “missing” for 100 years? I’m not impressed.
There is a guy on twitter exposing a lot of these hidden cities that have most likely been purposefully hidden from us for some reason.
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Former house now Major Tourist Attraction.
Geraldo is interested.
Well, the story doesn’t say anything about “missing”, only that it was abandoned. It even says that the place is a UNESCO site and open to visitors. So it’s not like the chicken-chaser discovered some lost city, despite what the Post would like you to believe.
Thanks george76.
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Someone built that basement wall for a reason.
Just sayin’
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