Across the Europe there are thousands of
underground tunnels from the north in Scotland leading all the way down
to the Mediterranean.
This 12,000-year-old massive underground network is very impressive.
Some experts believe the network was a way
of protecting man from predators while others suggest the idea that the
linked tunnels were used like motorways are today, for people to travel
safely regardless of wars or violence or even weather above ground.
They could be described as a kind of ancient underground superhighway.
Others think the tunnels can be seen as a gateway to the underworld.
German archaeologist Dr Heinrich Kusch
said evidence of the tunnels has been found under hundreds of Neolithic
settlements all over the continent. In his book – Secrets Of The Underground Door To An Ancient World (German
title: Tore zur Unterwelt) – he says that the fact so many have
survived after 12,000 years shows that the original tunnel network must
have been enormous.
“In Bavaria in Germany alone we have found
700 meters of these underground tunnel networks. In Styria in Austria
we have found 350 meters,” he said.
“Across Europe there were thousands of them – from the north in Scotland down to the Mediterranean.
Most are not much larger than big wormholes – just 70cm wide – just wide enough for a person to wriggle along but nothing else.
They are interspersed with nooks, at some
places it’s larger and there is seating, or storage chambers and rooms.
They do not all link up but taken together it is a massive underground
network.”
In his book, he book notes that chapels
were often built by the entrances perhaps because the Church were afraid
of the heathen legacy the tunnels might have represented, and wanted to
negate their influence.
Similar underground tunnels exist on other
continents. Throughout all the Americas there are a number of legends
of secret of subterranean passages stretching for miles.
Why were these ancient tunnels constructed? Was it perhaps our ancestors had to seek protection underground?
Many of these ancient legends tell of a
great catastrophe that occurred in ancient times. Several myths and
legends also relate how the first human beings emerged from underground
caves, tunnels and even cities!
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