Troy occupies a mound called Hisarlik in northwestern Turkey near the Dardanelles strait, excavated from the 1870s onward by Heinrich Schliemann, who set out to find the city described in Homer's Iliad. Archaeologists have identified at least nine major stratified layers of settlement spanning roughly 3000 BC to Roman times, each rebuilt on the ruins of the one before, with the layer known as Troy VIIa most often proposed as the one whose destruction inspired the Trojan War tradition. Its excavated walls, gateways and house foundations remain visible today, and the site is closely associated with the history of archaeology itself as a discipline that moved from myth toward systematic excavation. UNESCO inscribed Troy as a World Heritage Site in 1998.
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Troy or Ilion was an ancient city located in present-day Çanakkale, Turkey.
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Troy or Ilion was an ancient city located in present-day Çanakkale, Turkey.
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Troy or Ilion was an ancient city located in present-day Çanakkale, Turkey. It is best known as the setting for the Greek myth of the Trojan War. The modern-day archaeological site, also known as Hisarlık, is open to the public as a tourist destination, and was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1998.
Troy was repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt during its 4000 years of settlement. As a result, nine archaeological layers have been identified at the site, each corresponding to a city built o
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Troy or Ilion was an ancient city located in present-day Çanakkale, Turkey. It is best known as the setting for the Greek myth of the Trojan War. The modern-day archaeological site, also known as Hisarlık, is open to the public as a tourist destination, and was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1998.
Troy was repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt during its 4000 years of settlement. As a resul
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Residents lived in attached houses made of stone and mudbrick.
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Residents lived in attached houses made of stone and mudbrick.
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architectural style: Georgian architecture
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