Gordion
First settlement in Gordion located in the Yassıhöyük village of the Polatlı province is inhabited as the end of the 3.000 B . C . Various layers of settlements respectively belonging to the Hittites , the Phrygians , the Persians and Romans were excavated in this ancient site . The city which experienced its most glorious days during the time of legendary King Midas ( 725- 695 B . C .) was declared as the capital city in the 8th century B . C . by Phrygian King Gordios . It was destroyed in 695 B . C . by the Cimmerians and reestablished as a commercial and military center under the dominance of Lydians . The city which was ruled by the Persians in 546 B . C ., Alexander the Great in 333 B . C ., and Galatians in 278 B . C . and was founded abandoned by the Roman Army in 189 B . C . It lost its importance during the Roman Period and became a small settlement . The biggest monumental tomb found in the Ancient site is believed to be belonging to the King Midas and named the Midas Tomb . The tomb has a 300 metere diameter and 55 meter height and known as the second biggest monumental tomb in Anatolia . Among the most important of other tombs in the Gordion ancient site is the tomb which is believed to be constructed in 700 B . C . The child skeleton as well as wooden lion , horse and deer toys found in this tomb room of the monument with 80 meter diameter and 12 meter height revealed that this was a child ’ s tomb . The famous knot which was the subject of historical legends was cut by Macedonian King , the Alexander the Great , in this ancient site . The untimely death of the Alexander the Great is related to his impatient solution instead of trying to untie the knot .
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