Beneath our feet there is a vast and fascinating underground world still greatly unexplored. Secret tunnels, narrow passages, catacombs, huge underground cities and labyrinths have been discovered worldwide. Some of these underground worlds are very ancient and date back to a time when our ancestors decided living underground was beneficial for a number of reasons. Other subterranean cities have been constructed in more recent times.
In this section we explore mysterious ancient and modern underground worlds discovered in various parts of the world.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A tunnel discovered under the ruins of the Saxon Palace in Warsaw is the most mysterious place on Piłsudski Square, says the Pałac Saski company spokesman Sławomir Kuliński. The tunnel, located at the depth of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists knew the ancient underground city they examined was huge, but now it’s obvious it’s twice as large as previously thought! What secrets does this mysterious ancient place hide? How many underground tunnels, galleries, chambers,
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Palmwood shipwreck was discovered off the coast of the Dutch island of Texel in the Wadden Sea. The ship, whose name is unknown, voyaged in the 17th century, around 1650 or possibly 1660. It
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The world beneath our feet is sometimes full of surprises. South America has hundreds of kilometers of weird tunnels and peculiar caves. The ancient builders of this subterranean world have long remained unidentified. Scientists admit
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In 2015, Gkuthaarn and Kukatj community members of Queensland’s Gulf Country invited us to excavate, analyze, and rebury the skeletal remains of eight young Indigenous people who died near the town of Normanton in the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – As archaeologists continue to excavate the Saqqara necropolis in Egypt, new impressive findings are being made. The Italian Dutch archeological mission from the Leiden Museum in the Netherlands and the Egyptian Museum in Turin have
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A previously unknown underground tunnel estimated to be about 1,500 years have been unearthed during ongoing archaeological excavations in 1,500-year-old St. Polyeuktos Church in Istanbul’s Saraçhane Archaeological Park in Turkey. The church was an ancient Byzantine
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – An unrecognized, hidden, and millennia-old subterranean world lies under the surface of our planet. Unknown ancient men once dug an underground world of never-ending tunnels and massive caves. Some researchers believe there is a vast
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In part 1 we discussed briefly why we may have misunderstood some of Plato’s writings. This time we examine yet another possibility and theory. How is it possible that no one has been able to
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In several of our previous articles, we have discussed secret subterranean worlds that hold clues to our ancient past. Modern archaeologists keep discovering remarkable, beautiful ancient undergrounds temples and even whole cities, but we still
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A 20-meter-deep tunnel, which could lead to an ancient underground city, was recently discovered in Turkey’s central Kayseri province. The tunnel is one-meter-wide and 20-meters-deep with stair-like pits on the sides and will be further
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Beneath our feet, there can still be many secret underground worlds we know nothing about. Ancient myths and legends tell stories of remarkable underground cities and temples where mysterious beings once lived. Archaeologists have discovered some
