In 1963, an inhabitant of Derinkuyu (in the region of
Cappadocia, central Anatolia, Turkey), knocking down a wall of his
house cave, discovered amazed that behind it was a mysterious room that
he had never seen, and this led him room to another and another and
another to it … By chance he had discovered the underground city of
Derinkuyu, whose first level could be excavated by the Hittites around
1400 BC In 1963, inhabitants of an Derinkuyu (in the region of
Cappadocia, central Anatolia , Turkey), knocking down a wall of his
house cave, discovered amazed that it was behind a mysterious room that
he had never seen, and this led him room to another and another and
another to it … By chance he had discovered the underground city of
Derinkuyu, whose first level could be excavated by the Hittite around
1400 BC