back in 2017, we sent henry to nevsehir in central anatolia, to go behind the scenes at excavations on on by a group of local construction workers purely by chance. and what has been uncovered is truly remarkable. in the heart of the town, among the modern houses and office buildings, workers made a startling find as they cleared a hillside for redevelopment — the largest underground city of its kind. experts estimate the caves could extend over 450,000 square metres. wow! look at all of this! ifind it quite hard to believe that there were people living on top of here and all of this was actually hidden, and so they had no idea that this was here? no. that is insane! what is all of this? this is a monastery. and according to the scientists, the monastery dates back to the sixth century ad. you can definitely see that outline, that cross there. this region was very important for the early christians because turkey is a single country on earth which has got the function of a bridge which is connecting two continents together — asia to europe, europe to asia. nearly totally different civi

plus, henry travels to central anatolia to explore a hidden underground city that lay undiscovered forbled on it purely by accident. wow! now, partly because of its location, turkey has a fascinating history stretching back thousands of years. at the crossroads of europe and asia, it's seen a long list of competing civilisations and empires pass through, and all have left their mark in one way or another. back in 2017, we sent henry to nevsehir in central anatolia, to go behind the scenes at excavations on a huge underground city that was stumbled on by a group of local construction workers purely by chance. and what has been uncovered is truly remarkable. in the heart of the town, among the modern houses and office buildings, workers made a startling find as they cleared a hillside for redevelopment — the largest underground city of its kind. experts estimate the caves could extend over 450,000 square metres. wow! look at all of this! ifind it quite hard to believe that there were people living on top of here and all of this was actually hidden, and so they had no idea that this was h