He knocked down a wall in his house, expecting a typical renovation… but what he found left him speechless

In 1963, a man in the Nevşehir province of Turkey was doing a little home remodeling. He decided to knock down a wall of his home for an expansion. He discovered a hidden room on the wall with a slender hallway carved out of the stone below his home.

The hallway led to a cave-like room, which led to more hallways and cave-like rooms. Before he knew it, he had stumbled onto an entire underground city attached to his home. The city was completely empty and abandoned, yet it had every amenity needed to sustain a society.

What he had stumbled upon by accident was Derinkuyu, the underground city of Cappadocia. These tunnels are believed to be hand-dug and date back to the 12th and 15th centuries BCE. They sheltered people and their food from extreme climates and served as…….Read Full Story Here……….