Andrew Zimmern: So where are we going right now?
Male: We’re going to an underground city.
Andrew Zimmern: Underground? How many of them are there?
Male: Oh, there are six or seven that have been excavated.
Andrew Zimmern: Bora is taking me to Derinkuyu; the biggest underground city discovered so far.
This is amazing.
Male: Look how it changes.
Andrew Zimmern: Yeah, just like you can feel the ghosts.
Male: How many degrees in ten feet?
Andrew Zimmern: It just keeps getting colder.
We’re just beginning our descent. The underground city is massive and we will barely scratch the surface.
What is this?
Male: Oh that is for air, hundreds of air holes aside from the wells to make sure there is enough air on each floor.
Andrew Zimmern: How long ago was this cave city made?
Male: At this one, at least 3000 years ago.
Andrew Zimmern: Oh my gosh. How deep do we get at our deepest point?
Male: Well in this one, if we went all the way, 170 feet under the ground. We’re already about 67 or 50.
Andrew Zimmern: Wow! So what’s the point of living underground?
Male: Basically for protection from enemy, but also air conditioning, 62º, 63º year-round.
Andrew Zimmern: Yeah, because it’s very cold in the wintertime here. It’s very hot in the summer.
Male: Yes.
Andrew Zimmern: Every room and passageway I’m seeing is man-made, carved out of the rock. It’s too dark for the cameras to fully capture the sheer size of this place. There are streets down here wide enough for camels to pass through. It’s like high-rise condominiums in reverse; ten stories straight down. They have discovered about half a dozen cities like this so far but it’s believed there may be as many as 40 underground cities in Cappadocia. Holy molly.
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