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Posted on 06/13/2025 6:58:21 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The site of Gordion, the capital of the Phrygian kingdom that flourished in west-central Anatolia between the twelfth and the seventh century b.c., is most notably associated with the legendary King Midas, he of the "golden touch." The ancient city is surrounded by as many as 85 burial mounds, the largest of which is thought to have once housed the remains of the king's father and the site's namesake, King Gordias. However, according to a report in Türkiye Today, archaeologists excavating another nearby mound believe they have uncovered the 1,200-year-old tomb of someone else belonging to that famous dynasty. The team excavaated a wooden chamber that contained dozens of bronze and iron vessels, including jugs, incense burners, and cauldrons, some of which still hung from nails in the chamber's walls. According to Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, the assemblage is the most substantial collection of artifacts discovered at the site in decades. "Based on these finds, we estimate that the individual buried here may have belonged to the royal family associated with Gordias and Midas," he said.
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The other GGG topics added since the previous digest ping, alpha:
Royal tomb, Gordion, TurkeyAnkara Haci Bayram Veli University
While conducting a surface survey of the ancient mound site of Türkmen-Karahöyük in southern Turkey, a team led by archaeologists James Osborne and Michele Massa of the University of Chicago made a surprising discovery in a canal not far from the mound: a stone stela bearing hieroglyphs in Luwian, a relative of the Hittite language. Based on the shapes of the glyphs, the inscription has been dated to the eighth century B.C. It records the military achievements of "Great King Hartapu," a ruler previously known only from inscriptions found at two nearby hilltop sanctuaries. Those enigmatic monuments offer no details about the dates of his reign or the extent of his realm. The new inscription, Osborne explains, establishes Hartapu as a Neo-Hittite leader who claims to have conquered the wealthy kingdom of Phrygia in west-central Anatolia and, in a single year, to have defeated a coalition of 13 kings. "We now know almost certainly that Hartapu's capital city was Türkmen-Karahöyük and that he was allegedly powerful enough to defeat Phrygia in battle when it was at its height," Osborne says. "Hartapu wasn't a local yokel, he was apparently a major Iron Age player."Luwian Royal Inscription | Benjamin Leonard
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This the week's Digest (list of topic links above). It's two days early because I've got weekend plans. We're also loaded up with topics this week.
Site of the Gordian Knot?
Eventually.
“It’s two days early because I’ve got weekend plans.”
Sorry! ABSOLUTELY NO, ‘weekend plans’ allowed for anyone on Free Republic!
No exceptions! ;)
I’m suitably chastised! ;^)
I thought the Three Stooges found King Rootn Tottn already
I WISH I could call you a slacker, but I just cain’t. ;)
Enjoy your weekend. Does it involve an Ocean View and some Saltwater Taffy? ;)
Well, for starters, I’ve *always* got saltwater taffy in the house... ;^)
I KNEW it! :)
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Enjoy that weekend 😊
:^) Right now I’ve got “The Right Stuff” streaming off YouTube. Which is kooky, because I have that on DVD, somewhere around here. Yeah, I live a wild weekend lifestyle...
And Egyptian Pharoah “Imahalfwit”
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they have uncovered the 1,200-year-old tomb of someone else belonging to that famous dynasty.
T’would be a tad older than 1200 years, then...
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