Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History:
Last year, archaeologists were investigating an ancient mound site in central Turkey called Türkmen-Karahöyük. The greater region, the Konya Plain, abounds with lost metropolises, but even so, researchers couldn't have been prepared for what they were about to find.
[...] With the aid of translators, the researchers found that the hieroglyphs on this ancient stone block – called a stele – boasted of a military victory. And not just any military victory, but the defeat of Phrygia, a kingdom of Anatolia that existed roughly 3,000 years ago.
The royal house of Phrygia was ruled by a few different men called Midas, but dating of the stele, based on linguistic analysis, suggests the block's hieroglyphics could be referring to the King Midas – he of the famous 'golden touch' myth.
The stone markings also contained a special hieroglyphic symbolising that the victory message came from another king, a man called Hartapu. The hieroglyphs suggest Midas was captured by Hartapu's forces.
[...] What's significant about this is that almost nothing is known about King Hartapu, nor about the kingdom he ruled. Nonetheless, the stele suggests the giant mound of Türkmen-Karahöyük may have been Hartapu's capital city, spanning some 300 acres in its heyday, the heart of the ancient conquest of Midas and Phrygia.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Username on Wednesday July 01 2020, @12:15AM (3 children)
Aegeus ruled Athens
Tyndareus ruled Sparta
Ramesses II ruled Egypt
Exodus of the Jews
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 01 2020, @12:59AM (2 children)
Aristarchus got his first computer, an antikythera mechanism, and tried to make his first snarky posting.
(Score: 4, Informative) by aristarchus on Wednesday July 01 2020, @01:43AM (1 child)
I was born in 310 BC, so you are off by a millennium. Not bad, for a millennial. The antikythera was made about 87BC, which makes you off by more than a millennial. But, we had earlier models, that ran Multics.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday July 01 2020, @07:39AM
Those were the times! I heard even at young ages you were keen on inequality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford