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7 lis 2024 · Troy, ancient city in northwestern Anatolia that holds an enduring place in both literature and archaeology. It occupied a key position on trade routes between Europe and Asia. The legend of the Trojan War, fought between the Greeks and the people of Troy, is the most notable theme from ancient Greek literature and forms the basis of Homer ’s ...
Troy (Ancient Greek: Τροία, romanized:Troíā; Latin: Trōia; Hittite: 𒆳𒌷𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭, romanized:Truwiša / Taruiša) or Ilion (Ancient Greek: Ίλιον, romanized:Ī́lion, Hittite: 𒌷𒃾𒇻𒊭, romanized:Wiluša) [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ] was an ancient city located in present-day Hisarlık (near Tevfikiye), Turkey. The place ...
Come explore the long archaeological history of Troy! There were at least nine different settlements built during the site’s 4,000-year history, creating a very complicated archaeological picture.
The ancient city of Troy was located along the northwest coast of Asia Minor, in what is now Turkey. It occupied a strategic position on the Dardanelles, a narrow water channel that connects...
11 maj 2018 · Troy is the name of the Bronze Age city attacked in the Trojan War, a popular story in the mythology of ancient Greece, and the name given to the archaeological site in the north-west of Asia Minor (now Turkey) which has revealed a large and prosperous city occupied over millennia.
Aerial view of Troy with the Dardanelles in the background. The oldest settlement at Troy dates to the end of the fourth millennium B.C. It was founded on a small hilltop near an inland...
Troy II and Troy VI provide characteristic examples of an ancient oriental city in an Aegean context, with a majestic fortified citadel enclosing palaces and administrative buildings, surrounded by an extensive fortified lower town.
