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🇹🇷 Turkey · Buried city

Kaymaklı — Underground City Ancillary Church North (Cappadocia)

Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age

Kaymaklı — Underground City Ancillary Church North (Cappadocia) in Nevşehir, Kaymaklı, Turkey is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attr…