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11-Jun-2012 Dick Osseman

Gordion 11062012_0879.jpg

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These shots are of the "Midas Tomb", however, I came across an article in the New York times, indicating carbon dating had changed thoughts about the one buried here, " In particular, that would put a date of about 740 B.C. on the wooden furnishings in the tomb at Gordion, in central Turkey. But Assyrian texts indicate that Midas ruled the kingdom of Phrygia after 718. So the imposing tomb, some 150 feet high and 1,000 feet wide, was presumably built as a memorial to a predecessor, perhaps the father or grandfather of Midas." Whatever, I was greatly impressed to see the age old wood that once housed a king under a huge tumulus.

Nikon D4
1/500s f/8.0 at 70.0mm iso200 hide exif
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Date/Time11-Jun-2012 12:24:19
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