Gordion
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thumb|upright=1.5|The 8th century BCE burial tumuli, Tumulus MM (left) and Tumulus P (right) at Gordion, Turkey
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Gordion
- Ancient site.native_name
- 𐊩𐌏𐌛𐊅𐊄𐌌
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- ΓόρδιονGordiumGordiyon
- Ancient site.image
- Gordion Early Phrygian East Gate.jpg
- Ancient site.image_size
- 280px
- Ancient site.caption
- The Early Phrygian East Citadel Gate at Gordion, with the Terrace Building Complex and Megaron buildings behind it
- Ancient site.map_type
- Turkey
- Ancient site.map_size
- 280
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Yassıhüyük, Ankara Province, Turkey
- Ancient site.region
- Phrygia
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.designation1
- WHS
- Ancient site.designation1_offname
- Gordion
- Ancient site.designation1_date
- 2023 (45th session)
- Ancient site.designation1_type
- Cultural
- Ancient site.designation1_criteria
- (iii)
- Ancient site.designation1_number
- 1669
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Encyclopedic overview
28 sectionsContents
- Name
- History of occupation
- Bronze Age
- Early Iron Age
- Early Phrygian period
- Early Phrygian Destruction Level
- Middle Phrygian Period
- King Midas
- Tumuli
- Tumulus MM
- Late Phrygian Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Gordian Knot
- Roman Period
- Medieval Period
- Modern
- Archaeological research
- History of research
- Current research
- Excavation
- Architectural conservation
- Remote sensing
- Publication
- Ancient sources
- Citations
- Final excavation reports
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|upright=1.5|The 8th century BCE burial tumuli, Tumulus MM (left) and Tumulus P (right) at Gordion, Turkey
Gordion (Phrygian: 𐊩𐌏𐌛𐊅𐊄𐌌, romanised: Gordum; ; or ; ) was the capital city of ancient Phrygia. It was located at the site of modern Yassıhüyük, about southwest of Ankara (capital of Turkey), in the immediate vicinity of Polatlı district. Gordion's location at the confluence of the Sakarya and Porsuk rivers gave it a strategic location with control over fertile land. Gordion lies where the ancient road between Lydia and Assyria/Babylonia crossed the Sangarius river. Occupation at the site is attested from the Early Bronze Age () continuously until the 4th century CE and again in the 13th and 14th centuries CE. The Citadel Mound at Gordion is approximately 13.5 hectares in size, and at its height habitation extended beyond this in an area approximately 100 hectares in size. Gordion is the type site of Phrygian civilization, and its well-preserved destruction level of is a chronological linchpin in the region. The long tradition of tumuli at the site is an important record of elite monumentality and burial practice during the Iron Age.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gordion” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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