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The city could accommodate up to 20,000 people and had amenities found in other underground complexes across Cappadocia, [2] [3] such as wine and oil presses, stables, cellars, storage rooms, refectories, and chapels. Unique to the Derinkuyu complex is a spacious room with a barrel-vaulted ceiling located on the second floor. It has been ...
Researchers in London recently uncovered a 2,000-year-old structure that once served as the hub of the bustling ancient city. ... were found underneath the basement of a commercial building near ...
The remains of an ancient basilica that would have formed the heart of Roman London have been uncovered during ... commercial and social hub of the city. ... It was found in the block’s basement.
The Cellars of Diocletian's Palace, sometimes referred to as the "basement halls", is a set of substructures, located at the southern end of Diocletian's Palace [1] (now the southernmost part of Split's Old Town), that once held up the private apartments of Emperor Diocletian [1] and represent one of the best preserved ancient complexes of their kind in the world.
Underground city of Matiate. Matiate is an archaeological site underneath the town of Midyat, in Mardin province, Turkey.It is assumed to have been in use for 1,900 years, at its peak to have been inhabited by up to 70,000 people and is considered to be the largest such system in the world.
An office building from the 1930s in the heart of London was about to be demolished and redeveloped by its owners — until archaeologists unearthed remnants of the city’s first Roman basilica ...
The submerged city of Pavlopetri (Greek: Παυλοπέτρι) is found in Vatika Bay, off the coast of southern Laconia in Peloponnese, Greece. It is about 5,000 years old, making it the oldest submerged city known in the world. [citation needed] Pavlopetri is unique in having an almost complete town plan, including streets, buildings, and tombs.
One archeologist believes he found evidence of the Viking city of Jomsborg on a Polish island in the Baltic Sea. The researcher claims to have discovered remains of an ancient fortress.