No, I just like to visit my 600 inhabitant birthplace in bumfuck-nowhere (Germany) every now and then and visit the old neighbours, you get asked to help carry up some cases of beer or whine and then you ask, "hey, whats that giant vault, are you storing ww2-gold or something ?" " nope thats just my nuclear bunker" you shrug and the conversation moves on.

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But a quick google search provided the number of 2k public bunkers and 9k private ones (see: https://www.thelocal.de/20220304/how-prepared-is-germany-in-the-event-of-a-military-attack/)

However, from experience, ALOT of bunkers are NOT publicly known. Case in point, when we bought our home in the mid 90's and were doing some digging in the garden, we found a giant concrete slab 2 meters below ground. At first we thought it was a typical country-side underground conrete sewage silo.

Nope, a bunker that can comfortably hold 10 people - stocked with food from the mid 80's and looked unused. sealed it back up, still is there for when it is needed, don't even think the new owners know about it. It defnitely is not on the public plans or the semi-public ones that list power, water and gaslines.

Flair on YouTube bought one on the U.S, just in case anyone is interesed.

Fascinating. Do you have more info or any links?

So Iraq’s largest and most important water reservoir is receding due to drought? That’s not good, huh?

Nah they won the game 6 months ago

There are quite a bunch of nuclear bomb shelters from the cold war area in Germany. Up until as late as 1989 you could get a tax credit if you included one in your homes build. Some even got straight up subsidized.

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I know from the top of my head 12 houses that have these shelters. And i don't mean U.S. Survivalist types of shelters. We are talking meters and meters upon steel/concrete walls with lead inserts. Own power, fresh water and waste systems and storage and living facilities with capabilities to support >30 people for years on end.

GIANT thick Vault-Like Doors. Sometimes multiple layers as to form an airlock.

Copied straight from the article

1.6 million for a piece of history, protection from nukes and 8000m² of land? Sign me up. I can offer...let me see...2,33€?

Cities then comprised of a far fewer population compared to modern cities.

About 1.8% of Iraq is forested (slightly up since 1990), but much of Iraq and the surrounding lands were forested a few thousand years ago. However, 6000 + years of land clearance for farming, logging and grazing together with climate getting drier and hotter has reduced the former forests to a shadow of what they were.

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Shipping included?

People back then were just smaller. So obviously they needed smaller cities!

Wow, thank you. This spot was important,I'm glad I learned about it thanks to you.

They cut them all down

I guess technically you are going to be Overseer as the owner.

It only disappeared in the 1980s when a dam was built that flooded it. So much less of a brand new discovery and more of a holy f this drought is bad.

If I live there do I get to call myself a vault dweller?

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The Mittani will forever send their regards.

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Were the trees larger then? I feel like I never see pictures of large trees and forests in Iraq.