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	Gordion - Encyclopedia.com
		DeVries, an archaeologist and authority on the excavation of Gordion, the ancient Turkish city once ruled by King Midas of the golden...
		The enormous mound at Gordion, southwest of modern Ankara, is the largest...
		The enormous mound at Gordion, southwest of modern Ankara, is the largest ancient structure...
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-X-E-Gordion.html (829 words)

	Troy and Gordion
		Eighth-century Gordion is similar to thirteenth-century Troy, yet intermediate examples of the peculiar way of building the gate and the wall beg to be found.
		Gordion, the capital of Phrygia, was excavated by the Koerte brothers at the beginning of this century.
		The date of the Phrygian remains found at Gordion was ascribed to the late eighth and early seventh centuries before the present era.
	www.varchive.org /dag/phrygate.htm (698 words)

	gordion
		In 1950, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (UPM) began excavations at the ancient Phrygian capital of Gordion in central Turkey.
		The Museum's Gordion Project continues into the new century, with researchers from many disciplines and with many specializations contributing to a growing-and sometimes changing-body of information and understanding about this complex and multifaceted site, inhabited by peoples and diverse civilizations for millennia.
		In its seventh season, in 1957, the early Gordion expedition team, led by Dr. Rodney Young, made one of the most spectacular archaeological discoveries of the 20th century.
	www.museum.upenn.edu /new/research/Exp_Rese_Disc/Mediterranean/gordion.shtml (505 words)

	Bag om navnet - Gordion (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Vi mener derfor at Gordion er et rigtig godt navn til et forlag, der satser på at skabe ukomplicerede bøger omkring de tungeste emner indenfor IT-området (og eventuelle relaterede emneområder, der ligeledes er karakteriseret ved stor kompleksitet).
		Gordion er hovedstaden i Frygien (Lilleasien), der ligger nær det nuværende Ankara i Tyrkiet.
		Den historiske Kong Midas menes i øvrigt at have hersket i Frygien i årene fra 738 til 695 før vor tidsregning, da han arvede tronen efter den barnløse Kong Gordios.
	www.gordion.dk /bagomnavnet.htm (236 words)

	Early Celts Found! (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In storybook histories, the ancient city of Gordion is remembered only as the seat of King Midas, he of the golden touch, and the place where Alexander the Great struck a famous blow in legend and metaphor.
		Challenged to separate the strands of an impossible knot, the Gordion knot, the conqueror cut through the problem, in the manner of conquerors, with one authoritative swing of his sword.
		The remains of Galatian Gordion, archaeologists conclude, reveal that the Celts, although they came as mercenary soldiers, bringing along their wives and children, were looking beyond warfare and pillage.
	www.angelfire.com /rock/dragonfyrn/pages/celts2.html (1609 words)

	Yassihoyuk, Gordion, Turkey-Adiyamanli.org-
		Gordion, a Phrygian capital, site of the Gordion Knot (the key to Asia), is today of interest for the tumulus of King Midas, of the Golden Touch and the asses ears.
		With the aid of a generous grant from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, a conference on the preservation of the tomb and wooden furniture from Gordion was organized by Dr. Elizabeth Simpson and Dr. Liebhart, and held in Ankara and at Gordion.
		A Gordion Foundation was formed in Turkey that not only facilitates the ability of Turkish citizens and corporations to make gifts to the project, but actively solicits financial support and otherwise promotes Gordion.
	www.adiyamanli.org /yassihoyuk.html (506 words)

	Gordion Museum a candidate for 'European Museum of the Year' - Turkish Daily News Aug 05, 1999
		But it is presently known from two small trenches only; Hittite culture (at least of the time of the empire) is better known at Gordion from burials in the common cemetery on the high ground to the east of the river plain.
		At Gordion, prosperity was evidently quickly restored; a number of rich burials of the seventh century have been found.
		Gordion had lost its importance and for the most part lay abandoned; only along the high southern rim of the mound did settlement continue into the time of the Roman Empire.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=13556 (1481 words)

	Gorny.html
		The Gordion Late Bronze Age assemblage is notable for its standardization and overall simplicity.
		The small to medium size thin-walled jars were probably thrown on a potter's wheel, judging from the thin walls, throwing ridges on the interior of the shoulder, and sometimes diagonal compression ridges on the interior of the neck resulting from constricting the shoulder to form the neck.
		Gordion was apparently a small settlement near the periphery of the Hittite empire in the Late Bronze Age.
	www.asor.org /pubs/nea/ba/Henrickson.html (4043 words)

	METU Industrial Engineering Department
		With the establishment of the Galatians in eastern Phrygia the fertility cult of Cybele, the mother goddess, spread widely amongst town dwellers, while countryfolk tended to worship Men, the moon god, ruler of Paradise and the Underworld.
		Phrygians built the largest mound (tumulus) in Gordion known as the Tumulus of Midas; it is 53 meters high and 300 meters wide.
		Apart from their capital Gordion were you can visit the Tumulus of King Midas and nearby small museum, Pessinus was also a major Phrygian settlement.
	www.geocities.com /anadolu_muzesi/urartu/phrigya.html (1177 words)

	guul.de - Gordion
		Unmittelbar an Gordion vorbei führt die alte Königsstraße, die spätestens in persischer Zeit, vermutlich aber schon früher gebaut wurde.
		In der Späten Bronzezeit gehörte Gordion zum Reich der Hethiter.
		In der Umgebung von Gordion gibt es über 100 Tumuli, Grabhügel mit Körperbestattung.
	www.guul.de /wiki_Gordion (912 words)

	REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND TOURISM
		The capital of the Kingdom of Phrygia, the ruins of the famous city of Gordion; are near the Ankara-EskiÅehir highway and at the point upon which the Sangorios and Porsuk rivers converge and 18 km to the northwest of PolatlÄ±.
		Although Gordion was destroyed by the Kimmers in the beginning of 7th century B.C., it experienced its most successful period between 750-700 B.C. Many foundations and the monumental tombs in the settlement prove that the occupation lasted until the end of the 6th century.
		The famous knot tied by King Gordion was cut by Alexander the Great in Gordion, where he stayed during the winter of 333 B.C. The Hellenistic Period started in Gordion after the conquest of the city by Alexander the Great (300-100 B.C.).
	www.turizm.gov.tr /EN/Yonlendir.aspx?17A16AE30572D313679A66406202CCB09ABF9BBCF4C02FA1 (811 words)

	Gordion Ecopark
		Gordion, the capital of ancient Phrygia, was the home of King Midas (c.
		The methods we are developing at Gordion use traditional Turkish technology in a new way.
		Developing Gordion as a tourist destination can only be enhanced by treating the archaeological resources--occupation mound and tumuli--as part of a cultural landscape.
	www.sas.upenn.edu /~nmiller0/ecopark.html (1570 words)

	Gordion, Turkey
		Excavations at Ahlâtlibel (south of Yassihüyük) show that the area around Gordion was already settled in the Early Bronze Age (2500 B.C.), while a cemetery discovered beneath the Phrygian necropolis suggests a subsequent Hittite presence.
		Gordion then drove his ox-cart to the temple where he was immediately greeted by the people as their ruler, an oracle having prophesied that the first person they saw driving thus to the temple would be their king.
		The appreciative Gordion set up his ox-cart in the temple, attaching the yoke to the shaft with a long elaborately knotted strap, the legendary Gordion Knot, by cutting which Alexander the Great was later to make history.
	www.planetware.com /turkey/gordion-tr-an-go.htm (570 words)

	Gordion Hotel , Ankara , Gordion Hotel , Turkey , Gordion Hotel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gordion Hotel is superbly located at the heart of the city.
		At Gordion hotel, we have designed everything to serve you comfort in an elegant style unparalelled in Ankara.
		As soon as you enter into the hotel, you are welcomed by first class Turkish and Italian marbles, beautiful examples of Turkish woodwork, textiles from exclusive brands, silver accessories from the silversmiths of Grand Bazaar, original antique engravings from 17 - 18 - 19th centuries, impressive cast iron railings from Istanbul Archaeology museum.
	www.resortsinistanbul.com /gordionankara.asp (256 words)

	Gordion (Gordium), Turkey
		Gordion, 106 km (66 miles) west of Ankara and 10 km (6 miles NW of Polatli near the village of Yassihöyük, was the capital of Phrygia under its most renowned ruler, King Midas (725-675 BC).
		Your best bet would be to take a train or bus to Polatli, then hire a taxi to run you out to Gordion and wait for an hour while you explore the tumulus and tomb.
		In any case, Alexander the Great came along, defeated the Phrygians in battle, captured their fortress, and therefore had access to the remainder of Asia.
	www.turkeytravelplanner.com /go/CentralAnatolia/Gordion/index.html (487 words)

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		Gordion ve Medikal sektöründe önemli bir yere sahip SBS Dış Ticaret AŞ 2006 Mayıs ayında RFID ve Kurumsal Kaynak Planlaması (ERP) konularında işbirliği yapmaya karar verdi.
		Gordion Bilgi Hizmet'in yazılım geçmişinde girdiği ikinci proje kuyumculuk çözümüdür.
		Bugüne kadar 10dan fazla sektörde 100ü aşkın çözümü bulunan Gordion kuyumculuk yazılımlarında şimdiye kadar yapılmamış olan birçok çözümü başarıyla uygulamış ve müşterileri tarafından "vazgeçilemez" olarak kullanılmaktadır...
	www.gordion.com.tr (144 words)

	Proposed Numismatic Research in Turkey
		Most coins of the Gordion excavation (1950-83) are housed in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara; a small number are at the depots of the local museum and the excavation of house at Yassilhöyük.
		A full set of the Gordion casts will be placed in the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, where the records of the excavations are kept, and a full set of Metropolis casts will be kept at the excavation house.
		The coins of Gordion, 1950-1983, are to be prepared for publication by Kenneth W. Harl as a volume in the Gordion series by the University of Pennsylvania Press, with catalogue, commentary and monetary history.
	www.tulane.edu /~august/reshome.htm (1547 words)

	Travel Guide To Turkey, Guide de la Turquie, GUIDE MARTINE, Guide to Turkey, Guide de Turquie, Travel, Turkey, Voyage, ...
		The site of ancient Gordion is located 100 km/ 62 miles west of Ankara in the village of Yassıhöyük, near the point of confluence of the Sakarya (old Sangorius) and Porsuk rivers.
		It is believed that the destruction of Gordion by the Cimmerians resulted in the suicide of King Midas in 696 BC.
		Centuries later as he was wintering in Gordion during his campain against the Persians, Alexander the Great solved the knot simply...cutting it with his sword!
	www.guide-martine.com /centralanatolia2.asp (1053 words)

	Gordion Hotel Ankara Boutique Hotels Kavaklidere Turkey.
		Gordion Hotel is superbly located at the heart of the city.
		At Gordion hotel, we have designed everything to serve you comfort in an elegant style unparalelled in Ankara.
		As soon as you enter into the hotel, you are welcomed by first class Turkish and Italian marbles, beautiful examples of Turkish woodwork, textiles from exclusive brands, silver accessories from the silversmiths of Grand Bazaar, original antique engravings from 17 - 18 - 19th centuries, impressive cast iron railings from Istanbul Archaeology museum.
	www.cheaphotelturkey.com /gordionhotelankara.asp (351 words)

	Gordion Hotel , Ankara , Gordion Hotel , Turkey , Gordion Hotel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gordion Hotel is superbly located at the heart of the city.
		At Gordion hotel, we have designed everything to serve you comfort in an elegant style unparalelled in Ankara.
		As soon as you enter into the hotel, you are welcomed by first class Turkish and Italian marbles, beautiful examples of Turkish woodwork, textiles from exclusive brands, silver accessories from the silversmiths of Grand Bazaar, original antique engravings from 17 - 18 - 19th centuries, impressive cast iron railings from Istanbul Archaeology museum.
	www.onlineturkeyhotels.com /gordionhotelankara.asp (264 words)

	History of Gordion,Tours to Gordion,King Midas in Gordion,Phygrian tours in Turkey,visit to Gordion,Tour packages to ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		After meet in Ankara, Departure for Gordion and visit Gordion, which was the capital of ancient Phrygia.
		Gordion), the former capital of the Phyrgians, is located near Polatlı (on the Izmir highway), about 93 kilometers away from Ankara.
		Today the Gordion Museum displays artifacts in chronological order, with every period represented by characteristic examples: pots, pans, tools made from steel and textile looms from the Antique Bronze Age, Pre-Phrygian Period which ended with King Midas.
	www.ezoptravel.com /ezopnew/intours/ankara/gordion_tours.htm (737 words)

	Om Gordion (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Det er målet, at Gordion skal udgive 4-7 bøger om året.
		Gordions bøger er præget af aktualitet og kvalitet og er henvendt til beslutningstagere og IT-folk i virksomheder.
		Gordions bøger kan købes i boghandlen eller gennem bookworld.dk
	www.gordion.dk /omgordion.htm (72 words)

	Masterpieces of Turkey : Treasures of Gordion (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Until the twentieth century the exact location of the city of Gordion was not known, but in 1901 two German railway engineers called the Korte brothers investigated a large mound near the village of Yassihoyuk 29 km.
		When they died, kings, members of the royal family and men of state were placed on a bench in a grave room built of wood or stone, valuable objects placed in the room with them as death gifts, then the doors were fitted and the room covered with a mound of soil.
		The biggest tumulus in Gordion is 53 meters high and 300 meters wide, and the archaeological team decided to open this huge tumulus.
	www.istanbulportal.com /istanbulportal/Gordion.aspx (764 words)

	Gordion
		Gordion is located on the King road that runs between Lydia and Persia was the capital of Phrigians who lived in the central plains of Anatolia.
		Gordion, on the other hand is famous for the enigmatic Gordion Knot.
		The city is located 95 kms to the east of Ankara on the main highway to Eskisehir.
	www.ptr.co.nz /turkey/gordion.htm (159 words)

	Celtic Sacrifice
		Earlier excavations at Gordion recovered coins of the sort used to pay Celtic mercenaries, a few artifacts with parallels in Celtic Europe (a helmet flap, sheep shears, and pin), and a sherd inscribed with a clearly Celtic name, Kant[x]uix.
		If we can then distinguish immigrant from indigenous households, we should be able to discuss issues of ethnicity as well as the ways in which a farming and herding people adapt and prosper in an environment very different from that of their homeland.
		In 1987 she became associate director of the Gordion Project in charge of excavation and survey.
	www.archaeology.org /0201/abstracts/celtic.html (581 words)

	Gordion
		Gordion is situated on a low flat mound called Yassihoyuk, on the east bank of the Sakarya (Sangarios) river, north of its confluence with the Porsuk (Tembris).
		A hoard of 44 Lydian coins dating to the end of the 7th and beginning of the 6th century BC, found in 1963 at Gordion.
		The cemetery, to the northeast and southeast of the mound, is represented by over 80 tumuli, dating from the Phrygian to the Galatian periods (8th to 1st centuries BC).
	www.about-turkey.com /karun/gordion.htm (591 words)

	Gordion - The Divine Comedy (Sign up) - Inverloch Forum (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The reason for this is that the greatest kingdom in Gordion has launched something known as "the Inquisition", which is the pursuing and killing of magic-users.
		When it comes to the geography of Gordion, the players are also free to decide, since I would otherwise have to draw a map which you would have to study.
		Marlan is situated in the center or Gordion and the captial, Daal, is in the center of Marlan.
	www.seraph-inn.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=4344&pid=268429&mode=threaded&show=&st=& (1031 words)

	Eskisehir travel guide
		Gordion, a Phrygian capital, site of the Gordion Knot (the key to Asia), is today of interest for the tumulus of King Midas, of the Golden Touch and the asses ears.
		With the aid of a generous grant from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, a conference on the preservation of the tomb and wooden furniture from Gordion was organized by Dr. Elizabeth Simpson and Dr. Liebhart, and held in Ankara and at Gordion.
		The major conservation project undertaken in 1993, supervised by William C.S. Remsen, AIA, Director of Architectural Conservation for Gordion, was the partial rebuilding and mortar capping of two adjacent walls belonging to an early Phrygian terrace building.
	www.world66.com /asia/middleeast/turkey/eskisehir (1143 words)

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