Derinkuyu is an ancient multi-level underground city near the modern town of the same name, extending to a depth of some 280 feet, at its peak large enough to home tens of thousands of people.

Originally known as Elengubu, the ancient city of Derinkuyu stretches some 280ft below the Earth's surface, making it the largest excavated underground city in the world.

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 ...

Pictures have been released of a hidden, 18-storey underground city that once housed up to 20,000 people in Turkey. The discovery was made in 1963 when a man who knocked down a wall in his ...

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 ...

The city likely reached its peak population of 20,000 during the 7th-century Islamic raids on the Christian Byzantine Empire, the BBC reported. After 2,000 years of use, Derinkuyu was finally ...

The city, known as Derinkuyu, reportedly could accommodate up to 20,000 people. Nikki Dobrin Published March 5, 2024 Image courtesy of Omar Haj Kadour/Getty Images ...