A tomb likely linked to the family of King Midas was recently uncovered in Turkey — offering more details about life during the reign of the legendary leader. The discovery was made at the Gordion ...

The tomb's cremated remains are over 100 years older than the earliest-known cremation practices at Gordion. King Midas is the stuff of legend. Ancient Greek tales tell of a Phrygian ruler granted the ...

Ancient records reveal that a king named Midas really did exist. In fact, there was more than one king with that name.

Archaeologists have found a 2,800-year-old royal tomb located near King Midas’s former home in Turkey, the country’s news agency, Anadolu Ajansı, reported. Scientists excavating a site in Gordion ...

In the heart of ancient Phrygia, beneath a mound of earth untouched for nearly three millennia, archaeologists have uncovered a royal tomb so pristine it’s as though time itself stood still. Buried in ...

At the legendary city of Gordion, once the seat of King Midas’s dynasty, archaeologists have unearthed a significant find: a royal tomb. This discovery is being hailed as one of the most important in ...

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