Derinkuyu is a subterranean city in Turkey stretching 280 feet below the Earth's surface. The ancient city was used for centuries before it was abandoned in the 1920s.

Derinkuyu is made up of 18 levels of tunnels that burrow more than 85m underground (Credit: RalucaHotupan/Getty Images) The city's exact date of construction remains contested, but Anabasis ...

Derinkuyu had been lost to time until, during renovations on a modern home, an opening to a cave passage was revealed. Although visitors have been allowed in the underground city since 1965, many ...

Deep underneath the Turkish region of Cappadocia, Derinkuyu, the world’s largest excavated underground city, stretches not upward toward the sky but deep into the earth. Discovered in 1963, the ...

Beneath the surface of central Turkey lies Derinkuyu, an underground city that could house more than 20,000 people—entirely hidden until the 1960s. Built into volcanic tuff, the city extends ...

The Derinkuyu underground city is a sort of gargantuan anthill, except made by and for humans—up to 20,000 of them at a time, in fact. The city descends 280 feet into the earth, divided into ...

Discover 7 remarkable underground cities worldwide! From ancient refuges like Derinkuyu to modern hubs like SubTropolis, ...

New Delhi: In the historical region of Cappadocia, there are over 200 underground cities in the Nevşehir Province of Turkey. Carved out of unique ...

The discovery is similar to another find in the same area in 1963 - an 18-storey structure called Derinkuyu News John Shammas 15:01, 03 Apr 2015 Updated 16:33, 03 Apr 2015 ...