Is Troy still being excavated?
However, starting in 1871, Heinrich Schliemann and Frank Calvert excavated the site of the classical era city, under whose ruins they found the remains of numerous earlier settlements….Troy.
| Part of | Historical National Park of Troia |
| UNESCO World Heritage Site |
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Who made the first excavation in Troy archeology?
Heinrich Schliemann
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 Heinrich Schliemann in 1870.
What key evidence did archaeologists use to identify the site?
A surface survey is a systematic examination of the land. A team of archaeologists will walk in straight lines back and forth across the study area. As they walk, they look for evidence of past human activity, including walls or foundations, artifacts, or color changes in the soil that may indicate features.
What is Troy called today?
Hisarlik
Thanks to archaeologists, a German businessman turned archaeologist named Heinrich Schliemann to be specific, we now know that Troy was a real place and is located on the northwest coast of Turkey. Today, the place is called Hisarlik.
Was the Trojan horse real?
Turns out the epic wooden horse that gave the Greeks their victory was all a myth. Actually, historians are pretty much unanimous: the Trojan Horse was just a myth, but Troy was certainly a real place.
Who eventually excavated the site of Troy?
Heinrich Schliemann, the man who discovered Troy. With a copy of Homer’s “Iliad,” the archaelogist went searching for years for the remains of Troy, long thought merely legendary. He began with the excavation 150 years ago.
How do archaeologists know where to dig?
To determine where a site might be, archaeologists conduct a survey, which can include walking through a site and digging holes of similar depths at an equal distance apart from each other, known as shovel test pits, as well as GPS, resistivity meters, and ground penetrating radars.
How do we know that what we think is the site of Troy is the site of the Trojan War?
Most historians now agree that ancient Troy was to be found at Hisarlik. Troy was real. Evidence of fire, and the discovery of a small number of arrowheads in the archaeological layer of Hisarlik that corresponds in date to the period of Homer’s Trojan War, may even hint at warfare.
What nationality were the Trojans?
The Trojans were people that lived in the city state of Troy on the coast of Turkey by the Aegean Sea, around the 12th or 13th Century BCE. We think they were of Greek or Indo-European origin, but no one knows for sure.