I think most of us don't know what's under our feet, and it's an unfamiliar world for us. But we all know that every progress of human civilization stems from the desire to explore the unknown world. Yes, human curiosity never stops exploring, and this time we focus on the underworld.
The Underworld is the first book by Will Hunter, a visiting scholar at the Institute of Public Knowledge at New York University, who documents his distinctive underground adventures in the first person, bringing readers an extraordinary experience.
When we're on the edge of an underground space, I think we all probably all have a desire to go down and see what's going on. Yes, when we notice the space beneath our feet, we find that the world is far wider than we think.
A memory related to the tunnel, buried in the author's heart, has never been forgotten, because the author fell in love with the underground world. That silence and echo attracted him, and he began his journey to the tunnel or cave. He explores underground spaces in different parts of the world, crawling through underground stone tombs, abandoned subway stations, sacred caves, each time with a different experience. So what kind of magic does the underground world have that attracts the author to go again and again? In what form does it exist in human history?
What kind of creatures exist underground? A team of microbiologists is conducting an experiment called "Life Underground" for NASA's Institute of Astrobiology. The author works with them in the search for life in the underground, and they explore much deeper than the author has reached before, which is located more than 1600 meters underground, where they explore hidden life. I have to say that life is so wonderful, where they appear, in what form they exist is a puzzle that we need to solve.
Again and again, the author goes deep underground to discover things that have not yet been discovered. In Mount Weld, Australia, he visited the Welgi Mia mine with the Aboriginal Hamlet family, and when they fell into an environment full of ochre powder, it was like a return to a distant time. In Cappadocia, Turkey, as he walks through winding tunnels, past dense caves, witness first-hand the vast network of dungeons. In the Pyrenees of France, visit the Dubel Caves, paintings and carvings made by the Paleolithic masters of art stir in his heart. When he and his friends got lost in the underground for 8 hours, they found the exit through its flow, and what kind of rebirth was born again.
When we follow the pace of the author and travel through different underground worlds, we will also gain different insights. Each of the author's adventures allows us to associate the underground world with modern science, biology, geology, archaeology, anthropology, and they allow us to see our vivid connection with the underground world again and again. "The underworld is a transcendent being in the structure of the world," and countless explorers are searching for something we haven't discovered.