Professor C. Brian Rose of the Penn Museum, the Excavation Director at Gordion, Türkiye where the tomb was uncovered, spoke ...

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 ...

Archaeologists Discover 2,700-Year-Old Wooden Burial Chamber Believed to Hold King Midas's Remains. Turkey pulled through with yet another amazing discovery that reflected the human past, a royal ...

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

Archaeologists recently uncovered a royal tomb linked to King Midas' family in Turkey, revealing bronze vessels and insights into Phrygian funeral objects from the 8th century B.C.

Ancient Inscription Unveils the King Who May Have Toppled Midas A newly discovered stone hints that a lost civilization defeated the ancient Turkish kingdom of Phrygia around the eighth century B.C.

A MYSTERIOUS message carved into a statue forged by King Midas has been read for the first time in more than two millennia. A historian managed to decipher it during a visit to what today is southe… ...