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That's the time period of the Trojan War, and the archaeologists want to "investigate areas between the agora, palace, and ...
According to some researchers, King Priam of Troy actually appears in Hittite sources. What do the facts really show?
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Archaeologists at ancient Troy uncover 3,500-year-old sling stones, offering new clues to the legendary Trojan War.
He called this “Priam’s Treasure,” after the mythical king of Troy. However, Troy II and the treasure date to around 2400 B.C., more than 1,000 years before the supposed events of the Trojan ...
Ancient Greek historian Roel Konijnendijk, a fellow and tutor at Oxford, broke Troy down for History Hit on YouTube. Of course, Konijnendijk highlights some of the little, goofier historical ...
After retirement, Blegen collaborated with fellow UC archaeologist Marion Rawson on an 11-volume text on UC’s expedition to Troy, and a four-volume work on the excavation of King Nestor’s ...
It should be recalled, too, that although the “Iliad” ends before the fall of Troy, Menelaus is said by later Greek sources to have forgiven Helen and to have lived in happy, monogamous ...
In Greek mythology, Helen was the daughter of Leda, born from an egg after Leda was raped by Zeus in the form of a swan. Helen married King Menelaus of Sparta, then ran off with Paris from Troy ...