Tumus of Midas Tumulus MM - Midas Mound T25 is in fact a burial of his predecessor possibly Midas` father. The most recent date of the construction of the tomb chamber to ca. 740 BC indicates that Midas couldn' t buried there.
Sources:
- Rodney S. Young, The Gordion Tomb - http://www.penn.museum/documents/publications/expedition/PDFs/1-1/The%20Gordion.pdf
- Liebhart, Richard and Stephens, Lucas. "Tumulus MM." Expedition Magazine 57, no. 3 (December, 2015): -. Accessed December 13, 2023. https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/tumulus-mm/
- Elizabeth Simpson, Reconstructing an Ancient Table: The 'Pagoda' Table from Tumulus MM at Gordion - https://www.academia.edu/24416143
- http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/ilanlar/eskiilanlar/2015/07/20150715-4-1.pdf - exact location on the map
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