http://www.metafilter.com/tags/derinkuyu/rss tag posts with derinkuyu Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:21:30 -0800 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:21:30 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/64321/The-allure-of-the-underground-city <em><a href="http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/derinkuyu-or-allure-of-underground-city.html">Derinkuyu</a> wasn't discovered until 1965, when a resident cleaning the back wall of his cave house broke through a wall and discovered behind it a room that he'd never seen, which led to still another, and another. Eventually, spelunking archeologists found a maze of connecting chambers that descended at least 18 stories and 280 feet beneath the surface, ample enough to hold 30,000 people.</em> <small>[<a href="http://flickr.com/search/?q=derinkuyu">flickr</a>]. [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derinkuyu_Underground_City">wiki</a>].</small> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.64321 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:21:30 -0800 derinkuyu city turkey archaeology underground archeology abandonedplaces lostcity cave dersins