A Roman town cemetery at Gordion, Turkey

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The three Roman cemeteries established in Gordion, Turkey, date from the 2nd century AD, when the region was annexed by the emperor Augustus. The article focuses on the common cemetery, its architecture, the artifacts it has yielded, and the class of people who were buried there.

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Celts at Gordion: the late Hellenistic settlement

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Gardon is unique, within central Anatolia because of the archaeological information that it provides for the Hellenistic period. Houses with some fire damages and large quantities of pottery and other artifacts that were left on the floors were discovered.

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From Phrygian capital to rural fort: new evidence for the Roman military at Gordion, Turkey

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Evidence from a Penn Museum research project reveals that Gordion, Turkey, well-known as the Iron Age capital of the Phrygians, was a military fort during the Roman Imperial period.

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