Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 10 months ago

The giant ancient underground city now a ghost town where 20,000 people lived

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The giant ancient underground city now a ghost town where 20,000 people lived

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Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 10 months ago

Once a thriving metropolis, this underground city is one of several such complexes found across Cappadocia in Turkey.

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A link to the wiki. Much better than that ad filled monstrosity.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaymakli_Underground_City
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2000+ year refuge champion.

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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.

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