Underground Sehri of Tastes, Acıgöl, Nevşehir, Turkey
A 5,000 year-old underground city thought to be the largest in the world has been discovered in central Turkey.
The subterranean settlement was discovered in the Nevşehir province of Turkey’s Central Anatolia region, in the historical area of CappadociaCappadocia is famous in archaeological circles for its large number of underground settlement.
But the site, located around the Nevşehir hill fort near the city of Kayseri, appears to dwarf all other finds to date. Hasan Ünver, the mayor of the city on those outskirts the discovery was found, said other underground cities were nothing more than a “kitchen” compared to the newly uncovered settlement.
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