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originally posted by: lotusaugen
living in caves was naturally. Why build a house when basic caves are already there? Also it is natural and humanlike to enlarge the cave which is already there.
After the end of the last ice age when the ice started melting heavy rains occurred. In the ice age the rain wasn't that heavy. this heavy rains formed stone and caves, the water masses were immense.
There are a lot of advantages living in a cave respectively in a cave town.
To protect the vegetable food from moisture for storage. Protection from rain and storm. Protection against wild animals and against human enemies.
Another advantage is that it is unnecessary to organize building material. Also the stability and longevity are great.
For sure there are more advantages, too.
originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: Pistoche
I wonder if this site has similar doors to the ones discovered at Derinkuyu? Those things are engineering marvels in themselves considering there weight, location and the fact that only one individual was required to close them into place.
originally posted by: SyxPak
a reply to: Kantzveldt
Fascinating! You mentioned here what I have always wondered. That is why were these types of cities constructed. What was going on, on this planet that made these necessary? Was it too hot on the surface? Were there storms of meteors going on??? Were there perhaps Giants, or other nasties to hide from on the surface? Also i see that some of these have very low ceilings. Short statured inhabitants, or maybe it was simply that less material was removed this way, and that made it a little easier for construction. Not that removing solid rock would be very easy anyways......
Good Thread!
Thanx for the share. Syx.
originally posted by: smurfy
originally posted by: lotusaugen
living in caves was naturally. Why build a house when basic caves are already there? Also it is natural and humanlike to enlarge the cave which is already there.
After the end of the last ice age when the ice started melting heavy rains occurred. In the ice age the rain wasn't that heavy. this heavy rains formed stone and caves, the water masses were immense.
There are a lot of advantages living in a cave respectively in a cave town.
To protect the vegetable food from moisture for storage. Protection from rain and storm. Protection against wild animals and against human enemies.
Another advantage is that it is unnecessary to organize building material. Also the stability and longevity are great.
For sure there are more advantages, too.
That's the way I see it too, although I do see the caves here as possible Lava Tubes, including the sheer lengths given as well, and multiple openings and 'windows' in shallow areas, and they are big. It looks like they also had building skills to utilise to boot. Fascinating stuff.
The tunnels of the underground city are located under a conical-shaped hill and are wide enough for a car to pass through.
Özcan Çakır, associate professor at the Geophysics Engineering department of the 18 March University and involved in the excavations of the underground city, said they believe the tunnels were used to carry agricultural products.
“We believe that people, who were engaged in agriculture, were using the tunnels to carry agricultural products to the city. We also estimate that one of the tunnels passes under Nevşehir and reaches a faraway water source,” said Çakır.
originally posted by: Kantzveldt
a reply to: lotusaugen
Hi, yes my overall impression was they'd been exterminated for breaking somebodies idea of a Prime Directive, the babies cut out and then both torched, perhaps by avenging Angels with flame-throwers i dunno, perhaps a precedent to the Hebrews taking it upon themselves to exterminate the descendants of the Nephilim in Canaan, like i noted i started to come across more and more bodies the deeper in i went until i came across a very large number down in the depths all piled up and burnt.