A Guy Knocked Down A Wall In His Basement. What He Found Is Unbelievable. WHOA



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? 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 it 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. | Derinkuyu Is A Buried City From The 7th Century
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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! | Derinkuyu Is A Buried City From The 7th Century
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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. | Derinkuyu Is A Buried City From The 7th Century
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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. | Derinkuyu Is A Buried City From The 7th Century
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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. | Derinkuyu Is A Buried City From The 7th Century
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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. | Derinkuyu Is A Buried City From The 7th Century
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Cities like this were used during times of Christian persecution, so religious items would be placed on the lowest levels for protection.

The underground cities of Cappadocia.
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The underground tunnels lead to giant rooms that housed schools, wine cellars, oil press rooms, churches, gathering halls, shops, tombs, arsenals, livestock corrals, escape routes and water wells separated from the surface water. 

The underground cities of Cappadocia.
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There are over 100 entrances to the underground cities but each and every one of them are hidden behind bushes or walls, even courtyards had entrances that were hidden but big enough to move livestock in and out of.

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