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Brief Communications
Nature 402, 863-864 (23 December 1999) | doi:10.1038/47217
A funerary feast fit for King Midas
Patrick E. McGovern1, Donald L. Glusker1, Robert A. Moreau2, Alberto Nuñez2, Curt W. Beck3, Elizabeth Simpson4, Eric D. Butrym5, Lawrence J. Exner1 & Edith C. Stout3
Abstract
A royal banquet has been reconstructed from residues in pots found inside the tomb.
We have chemically analysed the ancient organic contents of vessels from the Tumulus MM, 'Midas Mound'1, the site at Gordion in central Turkey that is the likely tomb of King Midas. The analysis revealed that a spicy meal of sheep or goat and pulses was eaten by mourners at a feast before the interment.
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