Ankara · Turkey

Midas Tumulus & Gordion Museum

Historic photo spotgoogle verified

~30 min

easy

7/10

contemplative

In 1957 Austrian archaeologist Alfred Koerte discovered Gordion, and with it the intact tomb of a Phrygian king, probably buried sometime between 740 and 718 BC. The tomb is actually a gabled 'cottage' of cedar surrounded by juniper logs, buried inside a tumulus 53m high and 300m in diameter. It's t