Are there any ancient underground cities in America?

A mystery exists deep within the Grand Canyon: one billion years' worth of rocks have vanished. Since it was first described nearly 150 years ago, the Great Unconformity has shaken the scientific community. But recently, a discovery unveiled a giant underground city beneath the Grand Canyon.



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The ancient city of Elengubu, known today as Derinkuyu, burrows more than 85m below the Earth's surface, encompassing 18 levels of tunnels.

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Derinkuyu (also known as Elengubu, Cappadocian Greek: ?a?a??p? Malakopi; Turkish: Derinkuyu Yeralti Sehri) is an ancient multi-level underground city near the modern town of Derinkuyu in Nevsehir Province, Turkey, extending to a depth of approximately 85 metres (280 ft).

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The largest underground city in the United States is the SubTropolis, which is an artificial cave located just above the Missouri River in Kansas City, Missouri. This underground city is 5,100,000 square meters and sits on a 1,100-acre piece of land with limestone deposits dating back to 270 million years ago.

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Some cities are so top-secret they can't even be found on a map. Others are padlocked, hidden in the forest, or buried deep underground. From Poland's 800-year-old Wieliczka Salt Mines to America's WWII mystery towns, SPYSCAPE explores some of the world's most intriguing secret cities.

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Breathing regular air on Earth, humans can deal with about 8 times sea level pressure before taking harm, which would be at a depth of about 20 km.

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Derinkuyu, Cappadocia, Turkey Cappadocia city, located in central Turkey, is home to no less than 36 underground cities, and at a depth of approx. 85 m, Derinkuyu is the deepest.

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