Tunnels, which reach through a large part of the landmass of Europe are being studied, and the results are simply staggering. Not only are the tunnels for the most part older than previously thought, they are considerably larger – with some network tunnels carved with stone tools spanning incredible distances. The discovery, published in a recent book by Dr. Heinrich Kusch may change how we perceive the ancient world and the ground beneath our feet forever. And it may give second wind to the theory that the Earth may not be as solid beneath our feet as we once thought.
The hollow Earth theory is often discredited along very specific avenues, and in response to older legends and lore surrounding the possibility that a massive network of cities could be located deep beneath the Earth. But the discovery of 12,000 year old tunnels fashioned for the most part using stone tools are only the beginning. For the most part the passageways in these tunnels are relatively small and lead through a labyrinthine cluster of tunnels through different regions with the overall network leading from Scotland to Turkey almost 1,800 miles away. And several of these don’t go in a straight line, but rather meander around obstacles such as dense stone deposits and make detours to places that would have been of interest to the builders such as communities which are now archaeological sites. But then there are the larger and even more elaborate underground cities, one of which is Derinkuyu in Turkey.
Derinkuyu is a staggering eleven stories of massive sprawling floors with intricate tunnels, space for livestock, granaries with supplies to last years, their own wineries, schools, and homes. At its height, the facility is suspected to have had space for 50,000 residents. Derinkuyu is currently thought to have been constructed approximately 2,800 years ago by the Phrygians, the discovery of these tunnels being linked to one another in Europe and the scope of their masterful craftsmanship indicates that theories of such complex cities being built underground even earlier are possible and may even be more probable than we previously thought. Since Radiocarbon dating is difficult on artifacts made from stone (which the tunnels would have been) it’s hard to say if support structures could have been repaired or even replaced later.
And then there’s another possibility. Why have an entire city built underground? The city of Derinkuyu is so vast and so protected that some have even proposed it would have made an excellent community fallout shelter to be used for years when radiation from the sun or other sources would have threatened mankind and served as a primitive “ark” to those selected to survive. And so the inevitable question remains – if these massive underground cities have been discovered spanning such a great distance, and civilizations could have survived on their own for long periods underground, what else may yet be discovered of this ever hollowing Earth?
