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| Yarimburgaz Cave - TAY Project |
Details of the Yarimburgaz cave:
- Located in the Küçükçekmece area, near Istanbul
- Formed by and underground river, the double mouthed cave is known for it's prehistoric significance. The earliest evidence of human settlement in Turkey was found there.
- Site of a Byzantine church or monastery, similar to many caves in Turkey.
- Much archaeological evidence had been destroyed before the official dig. This was due to amateur interest in the old caves, and the worst offender - a mushroom farming operation.
- Iron bars on the cave are supposed to inhibit people from entering.
Muhteşem Yüzyıl producers are accused of using the cave as a setting, and digging a "hot spring" inside.
My question is this: Who unlocked the gates? And how did no one notice a film crew setting up there? The cave has been used in previous films and TV shows, so maybe no one thought anything of it?
5 comments:
Poor cave!! Hope all the damaging ends now!
Take care
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OK, first I'm giggling at Kitty's comment... But second, I'm totally with you on this. Film crews are big, noisy, bright, and hard to miss.
But that's a great cave. What a happy umm... accident? For you! :o) <3
Hrm. I can't help but think it would be difficult and expensive to film on location like that--and with today's technology, it seems simpler not to. Maybe they can recreate it with a green screen! Not quite the same, of course ...
Were there no signs? And ya, who opened the gate?
They missed the film crew? Strange.
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