Derinkuyu was only "rediscovered" in 1963 by an anonymous local who kept losing his chickens. While renovating his home, the poultry would disappear into a small crevasse created during the remodel, never to be seen again. - Upgoat

Derinkuyu was only "rediscovered" in 1963 by an anonymous local who kept losing his chickens. While renovating his home, the poultry would disappear into a small crevasse created during the remodel, never to be seen again.
submitted by paul_neri to History 2.8 yearsAug 11, 2022 03:41:41 ago (+13/-0) (www.bbc.com)
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220810-derinkuyu-turkeys-underground-city-of-20000-people

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[ - ] observation1 3 points 2.8 yearsAug 11, 2022 04:03:46 ago (+3/-0)

This is nuts

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[ - ] paul_neri [op] 0 points 2.8 yearsAug 11, 2022 04:22:36 ago (+0/-0)

as in bizarre or stupid?

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[ - ] lord_nougat 3 points 2.8 yearsAug 11, 2022 10:09:09 ago (+3/-0)

As in he has a nut allergy and wants us to call an ambulance. But it is too late by now so we may as well continue with the banter.

[ - ] PearofAnguishJuniorManager 2 points 2.8 yearsAug 11, 2022 09:39:53 ago (+2/-0)

That place is pretty amazing. I can’t buy that it was a ‘lost’ city, if thousands of Cappadocian Greeks knew about it and hid there as recently as 1920. There are entrances all over the countryside.. The surprise was that tunnels connected to 600 private dwellings. How old were these damn houses?

[ - ] albatrosv15 2 points 2.8 yearsAug 11, 2022 07:15:43 ago (+2/-0)

Imagine how many of those underground cities are still in the world, unexplored.

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