A man once found an enormous underground city in his basement while searching for the reason his chickens kept disappearing. In the town of Derinkuyu, Turkey a man was renovating his house in 1963 when he noticed that a lot of his chickens were going missing. During the remodel he noticed that a small crevasse had formed in his basement and his chickens were disappearing … [Read more...] about A Man Broke Down A Wall In His Home To Discover An Underground City That Once Had 20,000 People Living There
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Grammichele, A Hexagonal City In Sicily, Italy
The town of Grammichele is situated on the Italian island of Sicily, in the province of Catania. One of the few towns in the entire world with a distinctive hexagonal layout is this one. After the great Sicilian earthquake of 1693 destroyed an earlier settlement called Occhialà, which was situated to the north of present-day Grammichele, the town was established. In the hope … [Read more...] about Grammichele, A Hexagonal City In Sicily, Italy
The lost Round City of Baghdad
The Round City of Baghdad was centrally planned as a residence of Abbasid Caliphs and its core was built in 762-766, in just 4 years. Pre-planned structures, both grand palaces and mosques as well as various commercial and residential buildings were designed by the best architects and craftsmen of Islamic world at a time. It took a shape of a circle with a radius of about 1 … [Read more...] about The lost Round City of Baghdad
Endangered Okapi Born to First-Time Mom at Oklahoma City Zoo: ‘We Are Overjoyed’
The male okapi calf and his mother, Kayin, are doing well following the baby animal's September 7 birth at the Oklahoma City Zoo The Oklahoma City Zoo (OKC Zoo) has a new resident: an okapi. The Oklahoma Zoo reported on Wednesday that Kayin the okapi, a first-time mother, gave birth to a male calf on September 7. Okapis are a rare and endangered species native to the … [Read more...] about Endangered Okapi Born to First-Time Mom at Oklahoma City Zoo: ‘We Are Overjoyed’
When A Man Knocked Down The Wall of His Basement, He Found an Ancient Underground City That Could Accommodate 20,000 People
In 1963, a man in the Turkish province of Nevşehir tore down a basement wall and found a massive underground metropolis. According to accounts from the period, the guy sledgehammered his wall and discovered a tunnel behind it, followed by further tunnels. Later exploration would find it to be an 18-story-deep underground city with chapels, schools, and stables. The city, … [Read more...] about When A Man Knocked Down The Wall of His Basement, He Found an Ancient Underground City That Could Accommodate 20,000 People