Long ago, in the region surrounding Nevsehir and Kayseri, in central Turkey, an ancient people built, or rather dug, over 200 underground cities. The deepest of these, under the present day town of ...

Beneath the surface of central Turkey lies Derinkuyu, an underground city that could house more than 20,000 people—entirely hidden until the 1960s. Built into volcanic tuff, the city extends over 250 ...

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More than 85m beneath the famous fairy chimneys of Cappadocia lies a massive subterranean city that was in near-constant use for thousands of years. (This year, we published many inspiring and amazing ...

It is most interesting how sometimes a simple or normal task leads to a most extraordinary and strange mystery. In this case, a routine house renovation leads to one of the most puzzling and ...

NEW ORLEANS, May 21, 2025 – Have you ever walked through the ruins of an ancient city and wondered what life sounded like back then? So has Sezin Nas, a researcher of interior architecture and ...

Derinkuyu, one of the largest excavated underground cities in Turkey, has eight levels Image: Shutterstock[br]Underground spaces make for exhilarating journeys, with the thrill of descending into the ...