Archaeologists recently uncovered a royal tomb linked to King Midas' family in Turkey, revealing bronze vessels and insights ...

Professor C. Brian Rose of the Penn Museum, the Excavation Director at Gordion, Türkiye where the tomb was uncovered, spoke to PopMech about this historic discovery ...

The discovery was made at the Gordion archaeological site which is located around 60 miles southwest of Ankara ...

In the ancient city of Gordion in Turkey, archaeologists have unearthed an 8th-century B.C.E. tomb with possible ties to King Midas.

King Midas is the stuff of legend. Ancient Greek tales tell of a Phrygian ruler granted the power to turn everything he touched into gold. No monarch ever actually possessed a divine touch (or donkey ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A groundbreaking new exhibit at the Penn Museum takes us back in time, 3,000 years!It features spectacular artifacts from Turkey that tell the legendary story of King Midas ...

Many centuries ago, there was a king in Greece called King Midas. He lived in a palace filled with beautiful things, but King Midas had one great weakness in his character. He was greedy for gold.

King Midas’ skeleton and unwashed dishes from his funerary feast were discovered in 1957 under this burial mound. Gordion Project, Univ. of Penn. Museum.

Who was Gordias, the legendary father of rich King Midas? Legend connects him to the Gordian knot, famously cut by Alexander the Great.