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21 wrz 2018 · Heinrich Schliemann, that quintessential archaeologist of the 19th century, claimed to have discovered the real site of Troy. But did he?
22 mar 2023 · Heinrich Schliemann discovered nine levels or cities of occupation, and he identified these as the Troy of Homer's Iliad. In 1873, Schliemann unearthed a hoard of gold and jewellery, including a golden diadem, which he believed to be the treasure of Priam of Troy.
Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist and excavator of Troy, Mycenae, and Tiryns. He is sometimes considered to be the modern discoverer of prehistoric Greece, though scholarship in the late 20th and early 21st centuries revealed that much self-mythologizing was involved in establishing his reputation.
In the late 19th century, a wealthy German businessman, called Heinrich Schliemann, undertook a quest to uncover the legendary city of Troy. As a child, he had become fascinated by the epic tales of Homer and the Trojan War.
17 maj 2022 · When German businessman Heinrich Schliemann discovered a cache of ancient artifacts in the place now known as Hisarlik, Turkey, in 1873, he was quick to identify the gold jewelry, silver vases...
In northwestern Turkey, Heinrich Schliemann excavated the site believed to be Troy in 1870. Schliemann was a German adventurer and con-man who took sole credit for the discovery, even though he was digging at the site, called Hisarlik, at the behest of British archaeologist Frank Calvert.
11 paź 2021 · Schliemann was determined to discover the site of ancient Troy — and so he is believed by many to have done. For the longest time, the German public used to make light of Schliemann's...
