On the occasion of works concerning the alleys and historic buildings of the city of Midyat [petite ville peuplée de chrétiens syriaques, dans le sud-est du pays], the director of the museum of the city also responsible for the excavations, Gani Tarkan, made by chance the discovery of a cave of important size. While excavating and clearing the cave, he and his team made another discovery: “By exploring and clearing this cave located under a house and which served as a stable and a deposit, we realized that it was itself connected to other caves, which formed a network of underground galleries”, remembers the archaeologist.
To discover this underground city, then followed excavations, which are currently directed by two archaeologists, supported by two historians, a restorer and nine workers. So far, the team has unearthed a silo, wells, a place of worship, an extensive network of galleries and numerous objects from the IIs.e and IIIe centuries, which proves that the buried city was active at the time
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