Gordion Archaeological Site Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Gordion, Turkey, has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. C. Brian Rose, James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Classical Studies and Curator-in-Charge of the Mediterranean Section at the Penn Museum, has been co-director of the Gordion Project since 2006.
 
“The new UNESCO designation will enable us to accelerate the protection of the archaeological site and its monuments, while increasing the number of visitors who come to Gordion,” Rose says. “I want to acknowledge the overwhelming support that we received from the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, from Ankara’s Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, and from the municipality of Polatlı.”

For more information about Gordion and what the UNESCO naming means, visit the Penn Museum’s news release.