These Famous People May or May Not Be Real – The Truth May Shock You

King Midas

We all have heard of the greedy king who was foolish enough to wish that everything he touched turned to gold. As the story goes, this became a curse as he could not eat food and eventually, had turned his daughter into gold. He was only released from this curse when he bathed in the Pactolus River.

Source: Horizon Times

Surely, this can not be true right? But history actually claims King Midas is real! Records show that King Midas ruled the ancient kingdom of Phrygia in the late 8th century BC. He was also mentioned in Greek and Assyrian records. Whether he did have the golden touch may be an exaggeration but one thing is true – the real King Midas was extremely wealthy and influential. In fact, it was found that the story about King Midas’ golden touch came from Greece.