A treasure of fire and bronze; Discovery of a 5 -year secret in the heart of Turkish soil

Quoted by ISNA; Archaeologists in the ancient city of Gordion, southwestern Ankara in Turkey, have discovered the royal tomb of the eighth century BC and related to a relative of King Midas. This burial hill consisted of dozens of rare objects and the remains of an elite bone bones from the ancient Kingdom of Freigiyeh.

Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Mahmat Nouri Arsawi wrote in a news conference that according to the discovered objects, we estimate that the person buried in the tomb room was probably a member of the royal family associated with Gordion and Midas.

Gordion was the capital of Freigiyeh. Freigiyeh lasted from 2 to 5 BC. In the eighth century BC, the kingdom was initially run by Gordias, known for its “knot Gordi”. “Node Gordi” is the legendary knot that Alexander the Great later cut and then cut by Midas. Midas is famous for the legend in which everything was touched into gold.

But Gordion, like Trovi, has been occupied many times over the centuries, and this has led archaeologists to face a complex network of strength walls, tombs and homes.

The biggest tomb discovered in Gordion is called the Midas Hill. This hill is one of more than 5 funeral hills, built around 5 BC, and includes a high -profile person with a high social status, probably Gordias, the father of Midas, who was in a wooden coffin, on purple and bronze treasures.

The newly announced tomb, the forty -seventh hill of burial, has been explored in Gordion. Jochl şenyurt, a joint manager of the Gordione Explore Project, told Anadoli News Agency that the hill is about 2 meters high and 2 meters in diameter and includes the oldest burning funeral in the place.

“Shenb” said.

This shows us the funeral of the freeigs and makes it clear that the buried person here was not an ordinary person.

Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism said in a news conference that the hill included a 2.5 x 2.5 m 2 -meter wooden chamber and dozens of bronze works, including boilers and jars, some of which were still found with iron nails to the walls of the room.

The Minister of Culture and Tourism of Türkiye added:

These discovered works are the most focused collection after the findings of the Midas Hill, previously explored.

“C. Brian Rose », an archaeologist at the University of Pennsylvania and Joint Director of Drilling Gordion, said at a news conference:”

It is likely that the tomb belongs to a member of the Midas family; Because his burial hill is near it.

The newly discovered works are now at the Gordion Museum; Where they will be protected and renovated and then they will be public. Exploring Gordion has been ongoing for 5 years; But archaeologists are still faced with a large amount of unpredictable tombs and structures.