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This issue is dedicated to archaeological finds, white spots of history and people who have significantly influenced the development of mankind.
The section "Archaeological Sensations" will acquaint you with the underground cities of giants and the temples of the Atlanteans; Together with us you will walk along the Suita road - the most ancient man-made path in the world; you will visit the "damned", forgotten and abandoned cities and the Kolyma "cosmodrome" built by whom and when.
The final part of the section is devoted to the freshest and most unique archaeological discoveries made just a few months before the book was published.
"White spots of history". From this section, you will learn about the amazing findings that refute the generally accepted version of human history, and therefore are not recognized by official science. You will become familiar with a 3D map earth surface, created 50 million years ago, and aircraft built long before the mammoth era. You will try to read the letters left by unknown guests of our planet at the bottom of the Aral Sea and the "encryption from the past" - a strange Voynich manuscript.
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PART ONE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SENSATIONS
In 1963, archaeologists discovered two cave cities 300 kilometers southeast of Ankara. One of them was named after the nearby village of Kaymakli, the other - Derinkuyu. When were these cities built?
Some experts date the time of their creation to the 7th century BC. e., others believe that they appeared much earlier. Even more controversy is the question of why our ancestors needed to create underground cities with 7-8 floors and able to accommodate several tens of thousands of people?
Mysterious caves
South of the Goreme Valley there are two underground cities - Kaymakli and Derinkuyu, in which archaeologists still work. Derinkuyu City has eight explored underground levels. Some scientists believe that their number reaches twenty - after all, individual mines go 85 meters deep into the earth. Equally impressive is Kaymakli, whose area is 4 square meters. km. It also surprises with its intricate labyrinths, from which a person who does not know the moves is unlikely to get out on his own - the adits connecting Kaymakli and Derinkuyu, in total, reach a length of ten kilometers.
At the same time, the premises in the cities were adapted for long-term living. There were workshops, food warehouses, wells, kitchens, ventilation, vats, hollowed out in stone, in which grapes were pressed and wine was made. In the catacomb cities, even stables and cattle pens were provided. According to scientists, when the inhabitants of these places were not in danger, they left the underground cities upstairs and were engaged in agriculture... In case of danger, they again hid underground, carefully masking the entrances to their homes. But from what danger were the local residents forced to hide?
In the II or III century BC. e. the upper part of the dungeons served as a hiding place for Christians persecuted by the Romans. Later, the Christians were again forced to hide here, when the Arab troops pushed the Byzantines to Constantinople. But the fugitives only used and expanded the underground premises created long before them. Who and why?
Who were the Hittites hiding from?
Practice has shown that it is not very difficult to gouge caves in volcanic tuff. If people have been engaged in this business for several centuries, then there is nothing impossible in the creation of such cities. It is not hard to imagine how, from generation to generation, the inhabitants of Kaymakli and Derinkuyu deepened and improved their underground dwellings, did everything possible to protect themselves from enemy attacks - they built, for example, false corridors that ended in deep gaps. At the same time, they did not forget about comfort: the air in the cities was clean and fresh, since ventilation shafts were pierced through all the floors. And in buckets, tied to thick ropes, the underground inhabitants raised the water up. All this is true, but who and why needed to create these gigantic catacombs?
According to the famous Swiss researcher of archaeological phenomena and ancient artifacts, ufologist Erich von Daniken, they were created by the Hittites who lived in the territory of modern Turkey from 1800 to 1300 BC. e., because in the lower layers of underground cities archaeologists have found objects related to the Hittite era. He stated this hypothesis in his book "In the footsteps of the omnipotent." The capital of the Hittites, Hattusa, was located about 300 kilometers from Derinkuyu, and it was they who, fearing an attack, hollowed out 36 underground cities discovered to date in the tuff. Moreover, the point to create such cities, according to Daniken, was only if the enemy threatened the inhabitants of these places from the air. After all, a ground enemy could easily force people to leave underground shelters, forcing them to starve or even depriving them of air. And if the amazing flowering of Babylon is really connected with a visit by alien aliens (this hypothesis has both its adherents and opponents), then why not admit that their flying chariots terrified the surrounding peoples and forced them to literally bury themselves in the ground?
But who advised the Hittites to create quite comfortable underground cities? Weren't they the ones who later helped them capture Babylon? After all, the Hittite kings were considered godlike, like egyptian pharaohs, and wore the tall, hooded headgear found in ancient cultures around the world. Did they not imitate their heavenly teachers, who had very large heads, which were considered the standard of beauty? Our ancestors immortalized their elongated skulls in bas-reliefs and sculptures that can be seen in various places, but even in Egypt.
By no means dwarfs
And here are a couple of quotes from the book of the researcher of ancient religions and the author of several books on alternative history, Andrew Collins "Fallen Angels", on whom the underground cities of Kaymakli and Derinkuyu made an indelible impression: "From the first level, at least 15 thousand ventilation ducts led to the surface, the distance between which ranged from two and a half to three meters. The strangest thing is that the diameter of these air ducts is only ten centimeters, and without tools with metal tips, it was almost impossible to drill them. "
“Oddly enough, at the levels that are considered the most ancient, the height of the corridors was much higher than in others, reaching two meters. To get through the later tunnels, we had to bend down, and in addition, these passages were much narrower. Why do we need such high vaults if common sense tells us to limit ourselves to the minimum necessary? What kind of tall people inhabited Derinkuyu in the first stages of its existence? "
In his book, Collins mentions the Turkish historian and archaeologist Omer Demir, who has been studying underground Cappadocia since 1968. On the basis of the data collected, this scientist came to the conviction that the bulk of the underground cities were built in the late Paleolithic era around 9500-9000. BC e. That is, at a time when there could be no talk of any cities, especially underground ones.
As for the high people, it’s time to remember the legends about the giants who supposedly inhabited the Earth long before the appearance of our ancestors. They are mentioned in the legends and myths of many peoples. It is said about them in Old Testament... Of course, this contradicts our ideas that gnomes should live underground, but it agrees well with the finds of huge skulls and skeletons of humanoid creatures that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago. For example, in Ecuador, in caves near Mantoux, skeletons of people were found, whose height was 3.5 meters. This find confirms the legend of the Incas about the conquest of their country in time immemorial by the race of giants.
So who created the underground cities, and from what enemies did the inhabitants of present-day Cappadocia hide in them? There is no answer that would suit everyone yet. However, the research of Kaymakli and Derinkuyu continues, and it is not known what surprises they will bring us in the near future.
The authenticity of this find is still disputed in scientific circles. But this is probably what makes Burroughs Cave especially interesting for scientists and sensationists alike.