A motorcyclist rides near the Matiate archaeological site underneath the town in Midyat in Mardin province, southeastern Turkey, on July 1, 2024. Archaeologists stumbled upon the city-under-a-city “almost by chance” after an excavation of house cellars in the city of Midyat led to the discovery of a vast cave system in 2020. (Photo by Yasin Akgul/AFP Photo)
