A city once home to the world’s richest king now looks more like a quarry. Gordion was the capital of ancient Phrygia, an Iron Age kingdom of Anatolia. Today, it is located at the site of modern ...

AFYONKARAHISAR, Turkey . A hidden gem in the ancient Phrygian Valley has become an alternative tourist destination in western Turkey with the many historical places and “fairy chimneys” it boasts.

Located on a parched, windswept plain about 90km south-west of Ankara, Gordion looks more like a quarry or the collapsed crater of an extinct volcano than a once-powerful city.