Archaeologists in Turkey are hard at work — they're excavating an entire city that was discovered underground in 2014. Construction crews made the shocking discovery while working on a project for Turkey's Housing Development Administration.
The mysterious city, which includes 11 neighborhoods, lies beneath central Anatolia's Nevsehir province and is filled with caves, tunnels, and even churches. Archaeologists believe the city is around 5,000 years old.
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