King Midas of the Golden Touch in Context: Death, Belief, Behavior, and Society in Ancient Phrygia
CU Museum of Natural History Broadway, Boulder, CO, United StatesProfessor Elspeth Dusinberre will present her current work on 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. This talk will consider material ranging from ca. 850-525 BCE. It will begin with Gordion’s oldest burial tumuli and look at […]