Posted on 09/27/2014 2:17:21 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A home owner living in the Melikgazi district of Kayseri province in Anatolia made a surprising discovery while clearing out an area under his house – a subterranean city, of which 4,000 square metres have been excavated so far, according to a report in Hurriyet Daily News. The region of Anatolia in Turkey is famous for its underground cities, particularly in the region of Cappadocia where more than 40 complete underground cities and 200 underground villages and tunnel towns complete with hidden passages, secret rooms, and ancient temples have been found. Mustafa Bozdemir, 50, was bequeathed a house in Melikgazi five years ago and decided to carry out restoration work. He explained that what he thought was a single-storey house, turned out to have multiple levels of ancient rooms beneath it. “We also found some remains during the cleaning works such as human bones. They were examined by a team from Erciyes University,” said Bozdemir.
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They have underground gardens around Gilroy.
Born and baked in The ‘Burg, too. I remember that place! (I was 16 at the end of 1975, though. ;) ) I never got to sneak in there. That is probably a good thing, I get very claustrophobic when in underground places.
That was my thought as well!!
It is also the area from which the wise men, the Magi, came to see Jesus. They were "μαγοι απο ανατολων" (magoi apo anatolohn," = wise men from the East, who saw "τον αστερα εν τη ανατολη" (ton astera en tay anatolay) = the star in the east, that is, in Anatolia, which is now also called Turkey.
Jerome, translating the Koine in the Vulgate Latin, called them "magi ab oriente" from which the carol gets "We Three Kings Of Orient Are."
Isn’t that where your ant lives?
The secret is to sell high, buy low, not buy low and sell low.
lol
Eh, make it up in volume! (seriously, I had an employer that was so hell-bent on dominating market share that we lost money on sales but they figured the "big money" (in addition to the press and stock analysts reports) would be in service contracts).
yesterday
There were lots of light shafts so it never felt underground, even though we were looking at stars. But there were lots of opportunities for the first arrivals (boys) to hide around a corner so they could jump out and scare the latecomers (girls). Done by flashlight that provoked ample screaming.
We were such innocents. However, we could have flushed a rattlesnake. It was a dangerous pastime.
Do they smell like garlic?
Its gone now. It had some great pictures.
Huell Howser did a thing on those gardens. Looked really cool.
They retreated underground during times of invasion. At least some of these underground cities were not discernible from the surface. Entrances were hidden. Sometimes people just preferred it down there; the weather is better.
Constructing these complex dwellings must have taken a considerable amount of time to plan and build. Fear of invasion could not have been the primary motivation - unless they had several years’ notice.
I think your comment “the weather was better” is the most likely reason for their construction. Good shelter from severe weather and later from invaders.
Wow! Well preserved, too, it those photos are any indication.
How were those plants watered? How would they get sun?
Makes you wonder how they foraged for food and hunted. Did they cook their food? Inside or outdoors? How did they light those tunnels? With torches? Did they have ventilation or did they die from smoke inhalation and lack of oxygen?
Where were the children kept? People need sunlight as much as plants and animals. What was the life expectancy?
So many questions;) Bet they built it and no-one came!!!!!
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