https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-museum-excavation-designated-unesco-world-heritage-site 

“Digs at Gordion revealed that the fabled King #midas in Greek mythology cursed with the “golden touch,” was an actual historical figure who ruled #phrygia from #gordion during the 8thC BCE. 

New discoveries also support the story that #alexanderthegreat traveled to Gordion in 333 BCE & cut the proverbial “Gordian knot,” thereby fulfilling the prophecy that whoever did so would rule Asia.” #unesco