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Picture this. One day you decide you are going to do a little remodeling. You start with the basement. First you knock down a wall. Maybe when you do, there is a tunnel. Maybe you go down that tunnel and find a hidden city. Wait, what!? Is this an Indiana Jones flick or your life? According to Sliptalk.com, it’s actually one man’s life.
Back in 1963, a man in the Nevsehir Province of Turkey, in an area known as Cappadocia, was redoing his house and discovered an entire city in his basement. Can you imagine what if would be like to find a hidden city behind a wall in your basement?
He ended up finding the ancient underground city of Derinkuyu. Derinkuyu was an entire city carved into the stone below Cappadocia.
Reaching some 60 meters down, it had 18 levels, and included residences, churches, food storage, wineries, and even a school. Yes, that’s right, wineries!
It was designed to house some 20,000 people as well as a number of livestock.
It features vents to the surface and several discreet entrances like the tunnel found behind the wall.
These hidden entrances suggest that the city was built as a precaution in order to shelter the population in times of war or natural disaster.
Cities like this were used during times of Christian persecution, so religious items would be placed on the lowest levels for protection.
Check out the video below for an amazing look inside Derinkuyu:
Based on research, the very elaborate underground city was connected via stairways and passages, and even connected to other underground cities through tunnels that stretched for miles.
It’s thought to have been initially built during the seventh and eighth centuries BC, and was in continual, frequent use through the 12th century. Based on the church they found on the fifth and lowest level, it seems the population was Christian, and probably used the city during wartime.
The city was also used as a refuge from the Mongolian invasion in the 1300s and up through the 20th century for Christian people fleeing persecution. It was finally abandoned for good in 1923. Most of Derinkuyu’s entrances are hidden. All of the five levels can be closed off separately with huge stone doors.
The room intended for livestock and food stores, as well as a 55-meter shaft used as a well, means the inhabitants planned to be able to stay there for a very long period of time. There were even arsenals and escape passages in case things became desperate. What would you do if you found a hidden city under your house?
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