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The Underground City of Derinkuyu Could Shelter As Many As 20,000 People & Reached A Depth of 60m

March 3, 2023 1 Comment

The Underground City of Derinkuyu Could Shelter As Many As 20,000 People & Reached A Depth of 60m

Map created by Stuart Jackson-Carter

The cutaway map above shows part of the underground city of Derinkuyu as it would have appeared at its peak during the Byzantine era.

The city is the largest of of over 200 underground cities discovered so far in Cappadocia, Turkey.

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Filed Under: History Tagged With: Turkey


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