[HN Gopher] Derinkuyu: Mysterious underground city in Turkey fou...
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       Derinkuyu: Mysterious underground city in Turkey found in man's
       basement
        
       Author : Brajeshwar
       Score  : 79 points
       Date   : 2023-12-29 15:18 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (bigthink.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (bigthink.com)
        
       | farmdve wrote:
       | I wonder how it never flooded.
        
         | helpfulContrib wrote:
         | By exploiting existing long-established natural underground
         | rivers and water basins ..
        
         | dirtyhippiefree wrote:
         | The article actually says the reason is in the name, which
         | translates as Deep Well.
         | 
         | They just didn't build below the water table...simple.... They
         | probably improved it by digging the wells good and deep...
         | 
         | Yes, I'm concurring with the first reply.
        
         | CamperBob2 wrote:
         | Or how nobody ever noticed the ventilation shafts.
        
           | KMag wrote:
           | Prior to mechanically pumped water, wells were within walking
           | distance pretty much everywhere. I believe most/all of the
           | ventilation shafts at least looked like wells, if not
           | doubling as wells.
        
       | latchkey wrote:
       | I've been there, it is super interesting!
        
         | devoutsalsa wrote:
         | Same! As a rather tall person (1m95, 6'5"), I had to duck a lot
         | in some of those doorways and tunnels.
        
       | Aardwolf wrote:
       | This is so nice, this tops the design of the varied kind of
       | cities you'd find in fantasy RPG games, but it's real life!
        
       | KMag wrote:
       | Also nearby is the similar
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaymakli_Underground_City
        
         | thriftwy wrote:
         | And also maybe the one from
         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mind_Parasites
        
       | nateb2022 wrote:
       | Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32633382 (1 year
       | ago, 154 pt, 28 comments)
        
       | teeray wrote:
       | BASEMENT:
       | 
       | This is a musty basement in need of repair. One wall appears more
       | cracked than many of the others.
       | 
       | > swing sledgehammer
        
         | rolph wrote:
         | sounds like a DC 10 challenge vs perception
         | 
         | https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/71340/if-a-secret-do...
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         | https://www.enworld.org/threads/perception-in-5e-discuss-how...
        
         | ijhuygft776 wrote:
         | Dont knock down too many bearing walls....
        
       | m3kw9 wrote:
       | Could have rented that out
        
         | tysam_and wrote:
         | I really hope this stays top comment.
        
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