Guide to Turkey
Must See Turkey
- Ankara
- Antalya
- Aya Sofya
- Bodrum
- Devrent Valley
- Ephesus
- Göreme National Park
- Gallipoli Peninsula
- Harran
- Mt Ararat
- Museum of Anatolian Civilisations
- Pamukkale-Hierapolis
- Troy
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Compared to Ephesus, Troy can seem dull. Some say that it loses something without Brad Pitt running around, others see this as an improvement. Either way Troy is no stunner - the drawcard is its sheer history. Excavations have revealed nine ancient cities on the site, with Troy VI or VII believed to be the setting for Homer's Iliad.
When amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann started excavating Troy in 1871, the pants of classical studies boffins around the world became decidedly damp. Up to this time, The Iliad was assumed to be based on legend, but post-digs, Troy was revealed as the Homeric city of Ilium, site of an epic battle between the Achaeans (Greeks) and the Trojans in the 13th century BC. Excavations by Schliemann and others have revealed nine ancient cities, one on top of another, dating back to 3000 BC. Troy VI (1800-1275 BC) is the city of Priam and the one that engaged in the Trojan War.
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