Born 200 years ago in Germany, the adventurer-archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann was obsessed with finding the kingdom of Troy described in Homer's "Iliad." https://p ...

“Lost and Found: The 9,000 Treasures of Troy,” by Caroline Moorehead.Viking. $24.95. “The Gold of Troy: Searching for Homer’s Fabled City,” by Vladimir Tolstikov and Mikhail Treister. Abrams. 239 ...

For centuries, the line between myth and science seemed crystal clear. Tales of sea monsters, ancient cities, and impossible ...

A team of researchers from the universities of Tübingen, Bonn, and Jena has conclusively demonstrated that wine was consumed in the ancient city of Troy, providing chemical evidence that supports a ...

Merchant, adventurer, linguist, and spinner of tall tales, banker in the California gold rush and military contractor to the Russian army during the Crimean war—by any measure, Heinrich Schliemann ...

IN Troja 1 Dr. Schliemann has published the results of his later excavations at Hissarlik and its neighborhood in 1882, and they prove an important correction and amplification of his previous work, ...

THE life of Heinrich Schliemann is the story of the poor minister’s son who at the age of seven dreamed of finding a city, and who thirty-nine years later found not only the city but treasure such as ...

It used to be said that every schoolchild knew Heinrich Schliemann, but a quick survey disclosed that that is no longer the case. Even so, before we rant about today's hyperspeed culture of ignorance, ...

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In parts of the ancient word, wine has long been thought as a luxury reserved only for the elite. But a new study reveals the mighty ancient city of Troy may have been the exception. Scientists in ...