An ancient royal tomb found in Gordion, Turkey, sheds light on Phrygian royalty, King Midas myths, and Alexander the Great’s ...

Visitors can enter the Midas Mound to see a large burial chamber constructed from pine and juniper logs (Credit: CelCinar/Alamy) Gordion, the ancient capital of Phrygia, was said to be ruled by ...

A wooden tomb believed to belong to a member of the ancient Phrygian royal family has been uncovered in Gordion (Greek: Γόρδιον), an archaeological site near modern-day Ankara, Turkey. Turkey’s ...

ANKARA, 15 September (BelTA - Anadolu Agensy). - The ancient city of Gordion, capital of the Phrygian civilization located around the Turkish capital of Ankara, famously also associated with ...

Meanwhile, Gordion, the capital city of ancient Phrygia in Turkey has also been nominated under the “cultural properties” section. With an illustrious history dating back to the Early Bronze ...

an ancient kingdom located in what is now central Turkey. Researchers think the Phrygians migrated there from the Balkans around 1200 B.C. and built their capital at the site of Gordion.

Archaeologists have been excavating Gordion, the capital of the ancient kingdom of Phrygia in central Turkey, for more than a century. The “King Midas” burial mound is in the background.

Similarly, the seal from Gordion likely illustrates how the Achaemenids embraced and repurposed iconography from different regions under their control. Cylinder seals were ubiquitous in the ancient ...

Gordion, the ancient capital of Phrygia, was said to be ruled by the legendary King Midas, "the man with the golden touch". But who was he, and where did the stories about him come from?

The ancient city of Gordion, capital of the Phrygian civilization located around the Turkish capital of Ankara, famously also associated with Alexander the Great, is poised to enter the UNESCO ...