The Midas Touch - Gordion, Phrygia - Turkey

The capital of the Phrygian Civilization... Forty minutes by train to the west of Ankara, near the city of Polatli, 20 more minutes to the village of Yassıhüyük, lies the capital of the Phrygian civilization, Gordion... this is where Alexander the great cut the Gordion knot tied by the Phrygian king Gordias... this is where the king of Phrygia Midas turned everything he touched into gold... The Midas tumulus, or mound, contains the tomb of Midas' father, King Gordius...