This lecture reviews the startling new archaeological discoveries that have been made in Turkey during the last 25 years, including the Roman Sebasteion at Aphrodisias, the early Neolithic cult circles at Goebeklitepe, and the Middle Byzantine shipwrecks in Istanbul. The lecture is intended as a special concluding component of the Golden Age of King Midas exhibit. Dr. C. Brian Rose, Curator of the Golden Age of King Midas , will speak.