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Archaeologists Find Lost City That May Have Conquered the Kingdom of Midas

Archaeologists from the Oriental Institute have discovered a lost ancient kingdom dating from 1400 B.C. to 600 B.C., which may have defeated Phrygia, the kingdom ruled by King Midas, in battle. University of Chicago scholars and students were surveying a site with Turkish and British colleagues last summer in southern Turkey called Türkmen-Karahöyük, when a ...

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The archaeological mound at Türkmen-Karahöyük.