Archaeologists in Turkey have unearthed a remarkably preserved royal tomb, Tumulus T-26, dating back to 750 B.C. at Gordion, ...

Criterion (iii): The Mountainous Phrygia was a religious center of attraction revealing the clues about the religious culture and traditions in Phrygia. Phrygian rock-cut tombs and monuments have, in ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered a 2,800-year-old royal tomb which researchers believe belonged to one of King Midas’s relatives.

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.

But Phrygia, a sector of land in what’s now Turkey, definitely was—and researchers have now uncovered evidence of a conflict that may have toppled the realm around the eighth century B.C.

According to “The Life of Aesop,” a text compiled in ancient Greece from a variety of legends, the man whose name is synonymous with the fable was born a slave in Phrygia (in modern-day Turkey ...

The spectacular burial tumuli at Gordion (Turkey), the capital of ancient Phrygia and seat of the legendary (but historical) King Midas of the Golden Touch, are presented in this lecture by CU's ...

Gordion, the ancient capital of Phrygia, was said to be ruled the legendary King Midas, "the man with the golden touch". ... Culture. 18 hrs ago. The body parts evolution still can't explain.

W. M. Ramsay, Antiquities of Southern Phrygia and the Border Lands (I), The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts, Vol. 3, No. 3/4 (Dec., 1887), pp. 344-368 ...