King Midas and the Golden Touch, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, retold and illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt (Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, $12.95, ages 5 and up). Midas, who looks like a slightly slimmer ...

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

The chemical made the clothing look golden, and he hypothesized this is why Midas is known as the king with the golden touch. “It’s just a theory … but an attractive one,” Rose said. He called the ...

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

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.

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 ...