While Derinkuyu's construction was indeed ingenious, it's not the only underground city in Cappadocia. At 445 sq km, it's merely the largest of the 200 and counting underground cities beneath the ...

It is still largely unexplored, but initial studies suggest its size and features may rival those of Derinkuyu, the largest excavated underground city in Cappadocia, which could house 20,000 ...

In early 2024, an image shared on social media claimed that a man performing home renovations in Turkey discovered an ancient underground city. The claim had previously been shared on Reddit. This ...

Archaeology & History Inside Turkey’s Mysterious Ancient City That Once Sheltered Thousands—Underground. In this edition of Huge! explore Derinkuyu, a hidden marvel carved from volcanic rock.

Stretching 280 feet below the Earth's surface in Turkey's Cappadocia region is a web of tunnels and cave-like dwellings that once housed 20,000 people.. The ancient city, Derinkuyu, lay abandoned ...

Deep underneath the Turkish region of Cappadocia, Derinkuyu, the world’s largest excavated underground ... city was largely abandoned following the 1923 population exchange between Greece and ...

Step into the vast underground city of Derinkuyu in Turkey, an engineering masterpiece that once housed thousands of people.#AncientCities #TurkeyHistory #UndergroundMystery US intelligence says ...

Turkey’s Derinkuyu, located in the Cappadocia region, is the largest excavated underground city in the world. Built across multiple centuries and carved deep into soft volcanic rock, it ...

The ancient city of Elengubu, known today as Derinkuyu, in Turkey was discovered when a man knocked down the basement wall to catch his chickens.

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. Turkey's underground city of 20,000 people ...