| Troy_Turkey.jpg[185×125] Troy, with its 4,000 years of history, is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world. The first excavations at the site were undertaken by the famous archaeologist Publishing origin | |
| troy05.jpg[410×576] Between 1932 and 1938 new excavations were carried on at the site by the University of Cincinnati, under the direction of the American archaeologist Carl Blegen. On the mound of Hissarlik, the following successive settlements have been determined: Troy I, an early settlement with a wall built of small stones and clay, its date Publishing origin | |
| troy-section-1.jpg[532×191] it was already known all over Anatolia and can be seen even today on the walls of some Turkish houses. We can also see the same design very often in the ceramics of Troy I. We do not know much about the building technique but we think the fish bone designs on their ceramics show us that the artisans might well be influenced by their daily life. Publishing origin | |
| troy-18.jpg[271×180] A much less formidable-looking construction than I'd imagined. The power of myth is incredible. The Trojan horse looms and darkly over me as I exit the site. Publishing origin | |
| toroi2.jpg[640×427] 88/12/09,N/C トロイ遺跡( Archaeological Site of Troy )98/12/05,C Publishing origin | |
| troy-8.jpg[267×181] A horse skeleton was found here, a verification of Homer's epithet, horse-taming Trojans. Publishing origin | |
| troy06.jpg[576×410] of the Greco-Roman city of Ilion, or New Ilion, with a temple of Athena, public buildings, and a large theater, and existing from the 1st century BC to about AD 500. early stonework Schliemann discovered the first five settlements and identified Troy II with the Homeric Troy. Dörpfeld's discoveries, confirmed by Blegen, proved that Publishing origin | |
| troy04.jpg[410×576] excavations were continued after his death by his assistant, Wilhelm Dörpfeld, whose work in 1893 and 1894 threw new and important light on Schliemann's discoveries. the higher excavation Between 1932 and 1938 new excavations were carried on at the site by the University of Cincinnati, under the direction of the American archaeologist Carl Publishing origin | |
| troy08.jpg[447×576] new excavations current excavation Publishing origin | |
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