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Derinkuyu underground city
A house wall knocked through in 1963 opened onto a city 85 m deep. Who dug it first is still unknown.
History Tunnels and rooms might initially have been cut into the soft volcanic rock of…
Derinkuyu could be sealed from inside with rolling stone doors. Who were its builders hiding from?
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