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Recently, a huge complex of underground cities, located on several tiers and connected by tunnels, was discovered in Turkey (Cappadocia). Underground shelters were built by an unknown people in ancient times.

Eric von Daniken in the book “In the Footsteps of the Almighty” describes these shelters as follows:

...giant underground cities were discovered, designed for many thousands of inhabitants. The most famous of them are located under the modern village of Derinkuyu. Entrances to the underworld are hidden under houses. Here and there in the area there are ventilation holes leading far into the interior. The dungeon is cut through by tunnels connecting the rooms. The first floor from the village of Derinkuyu covers an area of four square kilometers, and the premises on the fifth floor can accommodate 10 thousand people. It is estimated that this underground complex can accommodate 300 thousand people at a time.

The Derinkuyu underground structures alone have 52 ventilation shafts and 15 thousand entrances. The largest mine reaches a depth of 85 meters. The lower part of the city served as a reservoir for water...

To date, 36 underground cities have been discovered in this area. Not all of them are on the scale of Kaymakli or Derinkuyu, but their plans were carefully developed. People who know this area well believe that there are many more underground structures here. All cities known today are connected to each other by tunnels.

These underground shelters with huge stone valves, warehouses, kitchens and ventilation shafts are shown in Eric von Däniken's documentary In the Footsteps of the Almighty. The author of the film suggested that ancient people hid in them from some threat coming from heaven.

In many regions of our planet there are numerous mysterious underground structures of unknown purpose to us. In the Sahara Desert (Ghat oasis) near the Algerian border (10° west longitude and 25° north latitude), underground there is a whole system of tunnels and underground communications, which are carved into the rock. The height of the main adits is 3 meters, width – 4 meters. In some places the distance between the tunnels is less than 6 meters. The average length of the tunnels is 4.8 kilometers, and their total length (including auxiliary adits) is 1,600 kilometers.

The modern English Channel Tunnel looks like child's play compared to these structures. There is an assumption that these underground corridors were intended to supply water to the desert regions of the Sahara. But it would be much easier to dig irrigation canals on the surface of the earth. Moreover, in those distant times, the climate in this region was humid, there was heavy rainfall - and there was no special need for irrigation.

To dig these passages underground, it was necessary to extract 20 million cubic meters of rock - this is many times the volume of all the Egyptian pyramids built. The work is truly titanic. It is almost impossible to carry out the construction of underground communications in such a volume using even modern technical means. Scientists attribute these underground communications to the 5th millennium BC. e., that is, to the moment when our ancestors just learned to build primitive huts and use stone tools. Who then built these grandiose tunnels and for what purposes?

In the first half of the 16th century, Francisco Pizarro discovered a cave entrance closed with rock blocks in the Peruvian Andes. It was located at an altitude of 6770 meters above sea level on Mount Huascaran. A speleological expedition organized in 1971, examining a tunnel system consisting of several levels, discovered sealed doors that, despite their massiveness, easily turned to reveal the entrance. The floor of the underground passages is paved with blocks treated in such a way as to prevent slipping (the tunnels leading to the ocean have an inclination of about 14°). According to various estimates, the total length of communications ranges from 88 to 105 kilometers. It is assumed that previously the tunnels led to the island of Guanape, but it is quite difficult to test this hypothesis, because the tunnels end in a lake of salty sea water.

In 1965, in Ecuador (Morona-Santiago province), between the cities of Galaquisa, San Antonio and Yopi, Argentinean Juan Morich discovered a system of tunnels and ventilation shafts with a total length of several hundred kilometers. The entrance to this system looks like a neat cutout in the rock about the size of a barn door. The tunnels have a rectangular cross-section with varying widths and sometimes turn at right angles. The walls of the underground communications are covered with a kind of glaze, as if they were treated with some kind of solvent or exposed to high temperature. Interestingly, no rock dumps from the tunnels were found at the exit.

The underground passage leads successively to underground platforms and huge halls located at a depth of 240 meters, with ventilation openings 70 centimeters wide. In the center of one of the halls measuring 110 x 130 meters there is a table and seven thrones made of an unknown material similar to plastic. A whole gallery of large golden figures depicting animals was also discovered there: elephants, crocodiles, lions, camels, bison, bears, monkeys, wolves, jaguars, crabs, snails and even dinosaurs. The researchers also found a “library” consisting of several thousand embossed metal plates measuring 45 x 90 centimeters, covered with incomprehensible signs. The priest Father Carlo Crespi, who carried out archaeological research there with the permission of the Vatican, states:

All the finds brought out of the tunnels date back to the pre-Christian era, and most of the symbols and prehistoric images are older than the time of the Flood.

In 1972, Eric von Daniken met with Juan Moric and persuaded him to show the ancient tunnels. The researcher agreed, but with one condition - not to photograph the underground labyrinths. In his book, Däniken writes:

To help us better understand what was happening, the guides made us walk the last 40 kilometers. We are very tired; the tropics have worn us out. Finally we came to a hill that had many entrances into the depths of the Earth.

The entrance we chose was almost invisible due to the vegetation covering it. It was wider than a railway station. We walked through a tunnel that was about 40 meters wide; its flat ceiling showed no signs of connecting devices.

The entrance to it was located at the foot of the Los Tayos hill, and at least the first 200 meters went simply downhill towards the center of the massif. The height of the tunnel was approximately 230 centimeters, and there was a floor partially covered with bird droppings, a layer of approximately 80 centimeters. Among the garbage and droppings, metal and stone figurines were constantly found. The floor was made of processed stone.

We lit our way with carbide lamps. There were no traces of soot in these caves. According to legend, their inhabitants illuminated the road with golden mirrors that reflected sunlight, or with a system of collecting light using emeralds. This last solution reminded us of the laser principle. The walls are also covered with very well-cut stones. The admiration aroused by the buildings of Machu Picchu diminishes when one sees this work. The stone is smoothly polished and has straight edges. The ribs are not rounded. The joints of the stones are barely noticeable. Judging by some of the treated blocks lying on the floor, there was no settling as the surrounding walls are finished and fully finished. What is it - the carelessness of the creators who, having finished their work, left pieces behind them, or did they think to continue their work?

The walls are almost completely covered with reliefs of animals - both modern and extinct. Dinosaurs, elephants, jaguars, crocodiles, monkeys, crayfish - all headed towards the center. We found a carved inscription - a square with rounded corners, about 12 centimeters on a side. Groups of geometric shapes varied between two and four units of varying lengths, appearing to be placed in vertical and horizontal shapes. This order was not repeated from one to the other. Is it a number system or a computer program? Just in case, the expedition was equipped with an oxygen supply system, but it was not needed. Even today, the ventilation ducts cut vertically into the hill were well preserved and performed their function. When reaching the surface, some of them are covered with lids. It is difficult to detect them from the outside, only sometimes a bottomless well appears among groups of stones.

The ceiling in the tunnel is low, without relief. Outwardly, it looks like it is made of rough processed stone. However, it feels soft to the touch. The heat and humidity disappeared, making the journey easier. We reached a wall of dressed stone that divided our path. On either side of the wide tunnel we were descending there was a path leading to a narrower passage. We moved to one of those that went to the left. We later discovered that another passage led in the same direction. We walked about 1200 meters through these passages, only to find a stone wall blocking our path. Our guide extended his hand to some point, and at the same time two stone doors 35 centimeters wide opened.

We stopped, holding our breath, at the mouth of a huge cave with dimensions that cannot be determined with the naked eye. One side was about 5 meters high. The dimensions of the cave were approximately 110 x 130 meters, although its shape is not rectangular.

The conductor whistled, and various shadows crossed the “living room.” Birds and butterflies were flying, no one knew where. Various tunnels opened up. Our guide said that this Great Room always remains clean. Everywhere on the walls there are animals drawn and squares drawn. Moreover, they all connect to each other. In the middle of the Living Room there was a table and several chairs. The men sit back, leaning back; but these chairs are for taller people. They are designed for statues approximately 2 meters high. At first glance, the table and chairs are made of simple stone. However, if you touch them, they will turn out to be made of plastic material, almost worn out and completely smooth. The table measures approximately 3 x 6 meters and is supported only by a cylindrical base with a diameter of 77 centimeters. The thickness of the top is about 30 centimeters. There are five chairs on one side and six or seven on the other. If you touch the inside of the table top, you can feel the texture and coldness of the stone, making you think that it is covered with an unknown material. First, the guide led us to another hidden door. Once again, two sections of stone opened effortlessly, revealing another, but smaller, living space. It had a lot of shelves with volumes, and in the middle there was a passage between them, like in a modern book warehouse. They were also made of some cold material, soft, but with edges that almost cut the skin. Stone, petrified wood or metal? Hard to understand.

Each volume was 90 centimeters high and 45 centimeters thick and contained about 400 processed gold pages. These books have metal covers that are 4 millimeters thick and are darker in color than the pages themselves. They are not sewn, but they are fastened in some other way. The carelessness of one of the visitors drew our attention to another detail. He grabbed one of the metal pages, which, despite being only a fraction of a millimeter thick, was strong and smooth. The notebook without a cover fell to the floor and when I tried to pick it up, it wrinkled like paper. Each page had an engraving, so exquisite that it seemed as if it had been written in ink. Maybe this is the underground storage of some kind of space library?

The pages of these volumes are divided into various squares with rounded corners. Here it is perhaps much easier to understand these hieroglyphs, abstract symbols, as well as stylized human figures - heads with rays, hands with three, four and five fingers. Among these symbols, one is similar to a large carved inscription found in the museum of the Church of Our Lady of Cuenca. It probably belongs to the gold objects believed to have been taken from Los Tayos. It is 52 centimeters long, 14 centimeters wide and 4 centimeters deep, with 56 different characters, which could well be the alphabet... The visit to Cuenca turned out to be very important for us, because it was possible to see the objects exhibited by Father Crespi in the Church of Our Lady, and also listen to the legends about the local white gods, fair-haired and blue-eyed, who visited this country from time to time... Their residence is unknown, although it is assumed that they lived in an unknown city near Cuenca. Although the dark-skinned indigenous population believes that they bring happiness, they are afraid of their mental power, as they practice telepathy and are said to be able to levitate objects without contact. Their average height is 185 centimeters for women and 190 for men. The chairs in the Great Living Room at Los Tayos will definitely suit them.

Numerous illustrations of amazing underground finds can be seen in von Daniken’s book “The Gold of the Gods.” When Juan Moric reported his discovery, a joint Anglo-Ecuadorian expedition was organized to explore the tunnels. Her honorary advisor, Neil Armstrong, said of the results:

Signs of human life underground have been found in what may prove to be the major worldwide archaeological discovery of the century.

After this interview, there was no more information about the mysterious dungeons, and the area where they are located is now closed to foreigners.

Shelters for protection from the cataclysms that struck the Earth during its approach to the neutron star, as well as from all kinds of disasters that accompanied the wars of the gods, were built all over the globe. Dolmens, which are a kind of stone dugouts covered with a massive slab and with a small round hole for entry, were intended for the same purposes as underground structures, that is, they served as a shelter. These stone structures are found in different parts of the world - India, Jordan, Syria, Palestine, Sicily, England, France, Belgium, Spain, Korea, Siberia, Georgia, Azerbaijan. At the same time, dolmens located in different parts of our planet are surprisingly similar to each other, as if they were made according to a standard design. According to the legends and myths of various peoples, they were built by dwarfs, as well as people, but the latter’s buildings turned out to be more primitive, since they used roughly processed stones.

During the construction of these structures, sometimes special vibration-damping layers were made under the foundation, which protected the dolmens from earthquakes. For example, an ancient structure located in Azerbaijan near the village of Gorikidi has two damping tiers. In the Egyptian pyramids, chambers filled with sand were also discovered, which served for the same purposes.

The precision of the fit of the massive stone slabs of the dolmens is also amazing. Even with the help of modern technical means, it is very difficult to assemble a dolmen from ready-made blocks. This is how A. Formozov describes in his book “Monuments of Primitive Art” an attempt to transport one of the dolmens:

In 1960, it was decided to transport some dolmen from Esheri to Sukhumi - to the courtyard of the Abkhazian museum. We chose the smallest one and brought a crane to it. No matter how they fastened the loops of the steel cable to the cover plate, it did not budge. They called the second tap. Two cranes removed the multi-ton monolith, but they were unable to lift it onto a truck. For exactly a year the roof lay in Esheri, waiting for a more powerful mechanism to arrive in Sukhumi. In 1961, using a new mechanism, all the stones were loaded onto vehicles. But the main thing was ahead: to reassemble the house. The reconstruction was only partially completed. The roof was lowered onto four walls, but they could not turn it so that their edges fit into the grooves on the inner surface of the roof. In ancient times, the slabs were driven so close to each other that a knife blade could not fit between them. Now there is a big gap left.

Currently, numerous ancient catacombs have been discovered in various regions of the planet; it is unknown when and by whom they were dug. There is an assumption that these underground multi-tiered galleries were formed during the process of extracting stone for the construction of buildings. But why was it necessary to spend titanic labor, gouging out blocks of the strongest rocks in narrow underground galleries, when there are similar rocks nearby, located directly on the earth’s surface?

Ancient catacombs were found near Paris, in Italy (Rome, Naples), Spain, on the islands of Sicily and Malta, in Syracuse, Germany, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, and Crimea. The Russian Society for Speleological Research (ROSI) has done a lot of work to compile an inventory of artificial caves and underground architectural structures in the territory of the former Soviet Union. Currently, information has already been collected on 2,500 catacomb-type objects belonging to different eras. The oldest dungeons date back to the 14th millennium BC. e. (Stone Grave tract in Zaporozhye region).

The Parisian catacombs are a network of winding artificial underground galleries. Their total length is from 187 to 300 kilometers. The most ancient tunnels existed even before the birth of Christ. In the Middle Ages (12th century), limestone and gypsum began to be mined in the catacombs, as a result of which the network of underground galleries was significantly expanded. Later, the dungeons were used to bury the dead. Currently, the remains of about 6 million people rest near Paris.

The dungeons of Rome may be very ancient. More than 40 catacombs, carved into porous volcanic tuff, have been found under the city and its surroundings. The length of the galleries, according to the most conservative estimates, ranges from 100 to 150 kilometers, and possibly exceeds 500 kilometers. During the Roman Empire, dungeons were used to bury the dead: in the galleries of the catacombs and numerous individual burial chambers there are from 600 thousand to 800 thousand burials. At the beginning of our era, the catacombs housed churches and chapels of early Christian communities.

In the vicinity of Naples, about 700 catacombs have been discovered, consisting of tunnels, galleries, caves and secret passages. The oldest dungeons date back to 4500 BC. e. Speleologists discovered underground water pipes, aqueducts and water tanks, rooms where food supplies were previously stored. During World War II, the catacombs were used as bomb shelters.

One of the attractions of ancient Maltese culture is the Hypogeum, an underground catacomb-type shelter that goes several floors deep. Over the centuries (between 3200 and 2900 BC) it was chiseled out of solid granite rock using stone tools. Already in our time, on the lower tier of this underground city, researchers discovered the remains of 6 thousand people buried with various ritual objects.

Perhaps the mysterious underground structures were used by people as shelters from various disasters that occurred on Earth more than once. Descriptions of grandiose battles between aliens that took place in the distant past on our planet, preserved in various sources, suggest that the dungeons could serve as bomb shelters or bunkers.

Throughout the history of the development of civilization, we have dug underground in search of a safe place: primitive dugouts of the past, medieval underground cities, modern bunkers - and mysterious megacities buried two hundred meters deep, where today only ghosts walk.

Petra

This is perhaps the most famous underground city in the world. Strictly speaking, formally Petra cannot be called underground, since its famous temples were carved by skilled architects right into the rock. The city was built at the intersection of caravan routes and flourished until the cunning Romans showed the local tribes more convenient and safe trade routes by water.

Derinkuyu

There are several small underground villages scattered throughout Cappadocia, but Derinkuyu stands out significantly from all the others. Archaeologists date this labyrinthine complex to the 8th century BC. Underground, Derinkuyu goes down as many as 18 levels. In such a refuge, the fugitives had nothing to fear from a long siege - a completely self-sufficient metropolis could exist without supplies from the surface. Surprisingly, the huge structure was found only in 1960, and quite by accident.

Naur

In the north of France there is another underground city. About five kilometers of tunnels and approximately 400 individual dwellings are hidden 50 meters below the forested plateau. In the third century AD, the Romans established a quarry here. During the Middle Ages, the abandoned quarry was expanded by local people: with constant wars and mercenaries wandering throughout Europe, such a cache was simply necessary. The caves of Naur accommodated up to three thousand inhabitants who could lead a normal life - the city had its own chapels, stables, wells and bakeries.

Wieliczka Salt Mine

For seven whole centuries, from the 13th to the 20th, people developed this gigantic salt deposit, digging deeper and deeper into the bowels of the earth. The cleared levels were settled and settled, so that in the end the mine turned into a real underground palace with as many as 7 tiers. The maximum depth reaches 200 meters, and the Wieliczka tunnels stretch for as much as 300 kilometers.

Lalibela

In the 12th-13th centuries, Ethiopia was ruled by the Zagwe dynasty, well known to Europeans thanks to a single king. Gebre Meskel Lalibela was popularly nicknamed the Saint for his restraint in food and truly royal ambition. The trip to Jerusalem struck the African ruler to the core - upon returning to his homeland, he began to build an exact copy of the Eternal City. Of course, the Holy Sepulcher was not here, but under Lalibela vast catacombs went into the depths of the earth.

Orvieto

The hilltop town of Orvieto is known for its white wines and beautiful architecture. However, the main attractions are hidden underground. The ancient Etruscans began digging the first labyrinths in this area. Over the centuries, people expanded and improved the underground shelter until they turned it into a real city.

Burlington

Let's move from the dusty past to relatively recent times. The Cold War (which threatened to become the hottest one at any moment) led to the emergence of a mass of underground shelters - bunkers were built even in Australia. The Burlington special center was located directly under Korsch: it was planned to save the most important parliamentarians underground. Britain did not skimp on this matter. At the end of 1950, the complex for 4,000 people (office space, a cafe, a telephone exchange, medical facilities and even its own BBC studio) was ready. Burlington was dismantled only in 2004.

Underground Beijing

In the 1960s and 70s, the threat of nuclear war was very real for China. They decided to build a giant shelter under the capital. In fact, calling it gigantic would be an understatement: a million Chinese could live here for six months without experiencing any particular problems with food or overcrowding. There was even a cinema with an ice skating rink!

Eric von Daniken in the book “In the Footsteps of the Almighty” describes these shelters as follows:

All the finds brought out of the tunnels date back to the pre-Christian era, and most of the symbols and prehistoric images are older than the time of the Flood.

Signs of human life underground have been found in what may prove to be the major worldwide archaeological discovery of the century.

After this interview, there was no more information about the mysterious dungeons, and the area where they are located is now closed to foreigners.

Now every modern city is a populated area with a huge number of buildings, streets and other infrastructure that we see on the surface. However, as it turned out, this whole organism may well exist underground. We present to your attention a list of the ten most famous underground cities in the world.

Burlington

This city was built by the Albion government during the Cold War. The bunker occupied 240 hectares and could accommodate approximately 3,600 government officials. Burlington occupied the site of a former stone quarry. It boasted the presence of underground lakes. The conditions created in the city made it possible to stay in the bunker for three months. The Prime Minister took care of placing here not only a church, water purification facilities, but also a pub. A radio station was specially provided for communication between the government and the people. The huge number of roads even made it possible to locate a railway station. The city existed in working order for more than forty years.

Cappadocia, Türkiye

Cappadocia is a whole complex of underground settlements, consisting of 36 cities. The purpose of building cities was, first of all, protection from the enemy. One of the largest cities had 12 floors, and its population was approximately several thousand inhabitants. It’s hard to believe, but underground there were even special premises for livestock, as well as everything necessary for processing agricultural products. Thanks to the ventilation windows, it was possible to stay underground for quite a long time. Currently, these underground cities are in a dilapidated state, and local residents use the first floors for economic needs.

Kish, Iran

Kish is a small island located in the Persian Gulf in southern Iran. It is the main beach resort in the country. However, not everyone knows that underneath there is an underground city, which is approximately two thousand five hundred years old. The city is so shrouded in mystery that it doesn't even have a name. According to residents, it was previously used for water management. Currently (as of 2013), hotels, restaurants, cinemas are being built there, and very soon the underground city will be open to tourists.

Coober Pedy, Australia

Coober Pedy ranks seventh on the list of the most famous underground cities in the world. This underground city in Australia was built by residents at the beginning of the last century for their families. The main purpose of building the city was protection from the heat. Even underground, the temperature here reaches 26 degrees, so to get really cool, you need to go down to a depth of six meters. The owners of some houses can boast of private swimming pools. The city has a gallery and a museum. You can also visit the Orthodox Church.

The age of this underground city is about 700 years. The mine consists of nine levels, on which there are huge halls, mysterious corridors and long tunnels. Each of these rooms is decorated with sculptures made of salt. The underground city in Wieliczka boasts not only a majestic chapel, but even lakes. This is the only mining facility that has been operating since its construction to the present day. Three levels of the mine are open to tourists. On the third level you will descend to a depth of 130 meters and will be able to follow the history of salt mining from the 11th century to the present day.

Portland, Oregon, USA

In the center of this city there is a whole system of underground Shanghai tunnels. In the tunnels there were special hotels for sailors, where they could rest between flights. However, the walls of these tunnels seem to still remember all the horror of the past. According to the stories of Portland residents, human trafficking previously took place in the underground city. Recruiters were engaged in selling men as sailors on ships, and the captains paid them a large sum of money for this. There are rumors that ghosts roam the tunnels at night. Most researchers noted this underground town as the most mystical in the entire area. For the bravest tourists, there is a special opportunity to plunge into the past; excursions have recently been held in the tunnels.

City of the Gods

It is known that the only one of the seven wonders of the world that has come down to us are the pyramids in Egypt. Not only are the Pyramids of Giza already of great interest to tourists, but now people talk about them incessantly. The fact is that researchers believe that under these pyramids there is an entire underground city with a huge number of tunnels and passages. Scientists have already mapped a huge underground city that could potentially be located in this place. The City of the Gods is still shrouded in mystery and is the most mysterious of all the cities that are underground. However, given the interest in the Giza pyramids in Egypt, which arose back in 1978, we can safely assume that all the mysteries will soon be solved.

Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan , Canada

Unlike the beautiful underground city, which was built for protection during military conflicts, Moose Jaw was supposed to protect residents from adverse weather conditions. A whole network of tunnels and underground passages saved workers from severe frosts. However, soon after construction, crime bosses who did not accept Prohibition, which came into force in January 1920 in the United States, found another use for the city. A casino, a brothel, and also an establishment where you could buy illegal alcohol appeared in it. That's why it got the name mini-Las Vegas. There is evidence that even the most famous American gangster, Al Capone, was involved in these criminal groups.

Spanish town of Setenil de las Bodages

It is worth noting that this city is not underground, its location is even more interesting - it is located in a rock. As for safety, the residents of the city are fine with this. Firstly, these rocks have stood motionless for several million years, and secondly, the city has been located in them for more than eight centuries. This is a small city with a population of three thousand inhabitants. The houses are so skillfully and competently built between the rocks that they look like a glove. In addition, rocks are not only pleasing to the eye, but also perform a practical function - in winter they protect houses from cold winds, and in summer - from extreme heat.

A huge network of tunnels, 30 kilometers long, was dug during the reign of Mao Zedong. The construction of the city underground in the Northern capital took about 10 years. It is not surprising that the result exceeded all expectations. The city boasted a huge number of cafes, restaurants, shops, theaters, schools, hairdressers and even special ice skating areas. The main purpose of this city was to protect the population in case of attack from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Since 2000, the city has been open to the public and is currently a great success among tourists from all over the world. And some premises are now used as hostels, hotels and even theaters.

Underground city of Asgard, Peru

The Ganges River flows at the edge of the forest, and on its banks one can see massive dilapidated marble steps, which were supposedly intended for giants. For many miles the entire sandy shore is covered with bas-reliefs, idols, broken pedestals, and fragments of columns.

The architectural remains, the carving design, and the sheer size of the ruins represent something unexpected and grandiose even for those who visited Palmyra and Egyptian Memphis. It is completely unclear why these ruins have not yet been described or studied by anyone.

The underground city of Asgard is also located here. It is a labyrinth of secret passages. The characteristics of the moves are given in the description by E. Blavatsky. The tunnels are located at a depth of 14 feet, there are corridors five miles long that lead to living quarters carved into the rock.

In the very center of the underground city there is a huge cave with a small pond in the center and benches around. In the water stands a tall granite pillar with a thick rusty chain wrapped around it.

Metal underground library, Ecuador

A system of caves and tunnels under Peru and Ecuador houses an ancient treasure trove, including two libraries. One of them consists of metal books, and the other contains many crystal tables.

Erich von Daniken in 1973, enjoying the success of his book “Chariots of the Gods,” said that he had been in a giant tunnel system in Ecuador, which is rumored to cover the entire continent. And in the tunnels he visited the library, the books in which were made of metal. It is amazing that the library is located in an area where only Indian tribes now live, who do not speak any written language at all. It is possible that the metal books are evidence of a lost civilization.

Extensive network of tunnels, Los Angeles

The Hopi Indian tribe has legends that tell about lizard people. These creatures 5,000 years ago built three underground cities along the Pacific coast, one of which is located under modern Los Angeles.

Shelfeld, an engineer and geophysicist, decided in 1934 to check whether these cities actually existed. Using his patented device for detecting metals, he began his search. The result was impressive! Under the city he discovered an extensive network of tunnels. There is even a plan that was once published in the Los Angeles Times. Interestingly, Shufeld's device showed the presence of a huge amount of gold in rooms connected by tunnels.

The engineer was even able to obtain permission from the authorities to excavate. As soon as he began drilling the mine, authorities became concerned about the threat of a collapse and the condition of nearby houses. The work was immediately interrupted and was not resumed. Shufeld disappeared from public view, never to appear again. His further fate remains unknown.