FfFfFfFF 58,113 Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 A large number of artifacts belonging to the second and third centuries A.D. were unearthed in an underground city featuring places of worship, silos, water wells and passages with corridors in southeastern Mardin province’s Midyat district. Midyat is approximately 1.5 hours away from Mardin. Midyat, where, rock mansions, gates with arches, Süryani churches with minaret-like ascending gong towers, is reminding a Medieval city. In the district, a cave was found within the scope of a project started two years ago for cleaning and conservation of the historical streets and houses. After it was determined that the cave is a passage to different places with corridors, excavation works were launched to unearth the underground city.  Older residents of the area knew about the city but did not know its importance. The underground city covers a large part of the district and is so big archaeologists were not able to uncover all parts of the city. Gani Tarkan, director of Mardin Museum and head of excavations at Matiate, said : "Matiate has been used uninterruptedly for 1,900 years. It was first built as a hiding place or escape area. As it is known, Christianity was not an official religion in the second century. Families and groups who accepted Christianity generally took shelter in underground cities to escape the persecution of Rome or formed an underground city. Possibly, the underground city of Midyat was one of the first living spaces built for this purpose. It is an area where we estimate that at least 60-70,000 people lived underground." Lozan Bayar, an archaeologist from the Mardin Municipality Protection and Supervision Office, echoed Tarkan’s explanation. “In the early Christianity period, Rome was under the influence of Pagans before it later recognized Christianity as the official religion.” Bayar went on to say, “Such underground cities provided security for people, and they also performed their prayers there. They were also places to escape. Cisterns, water wells, and sewer systems have been in existence since that period.” Tarkan and his peers continue to find relics, murals, and tunnels on a regular basis as their excavation work continues. Similar examples of underground cities are found in Anatolia, but Midyat has a very different feature from these. As head of excavations at Matiate Gani Tarkan stated: “There was no life above the underground cities in Nevşehir and Kayseri. But he stated that all the structures above the Midyat underground city were registered.” Source - https://arkeonews.net/the-excavation-which-started-in-a-cave-in-turkeys-mardin-turned-into-a-huge-underground-city/, https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/excavations-reveal-huge-underground-city-in-turkeys-mardin, https://allthatsinteresting.com/midyat-underground-city Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Mike 2,763 Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 that is beautiful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachinko 10,753 Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 Am I supposed to know what country that flag in the title represents? Because I don’t. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dit 46,738 Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 15 minutes ago, pachinko said: Am I supposed to know what country that flag in the title represents? Because I don’t. It is Turkey ----------- such a treasure they found there  One of my biggest goals is to travel Turkey FULLY for like 2 to 4 months. It's such a wonderful nation with so much history in each city. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FfFfFfFF 58,113 Posted May 1, 2022 Author Share Posted May 1, 2022 14 minutes ago, pachinko said: Am I supposed to know what country that flag in the title represents? Because I don’t. Hints: This country's territory was - directly linked with the Neolithization of Europe and it was actually transited by the first farmers bringing agriculture into the European continent. - the place where the first branch of the Indo-European family of Languages might have split off, however, its people currently speak a Language similar to the Yakut Language of Siberia - the country is the descendent of an empire that called itself succesor of Rome Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FfFfFfFF 58,113 Posted May 2, 2022 Author Share Posted May 2, 2022 Many news related to Turkey lately  Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FfFfFfFF 58,113 Posted June 15, 2022 Author Share Posted June 15, 2022 Map of different city but it paints an accurate picture of how an underground city may look.  Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennywise 36,080 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Yet another day in which @FfFfFfFF terrorizes me with news from my country  Like, sis I would like to remain ignorant So long ggd, it was nice while it lasted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FfFfFfFF 58,113 Posted June 15, 2022 Author Share Posted June 15, 2022 3 hours ago, Pennywise said: Yet another day in which @FfFfFfFF terrorizes me with news from my country  Like, sis I would like to remain ignorant On a serious note, I've actually seen many news about the growing tensions with Greece for the Aegean islands.. at the very least I spared you of those threads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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