Heinrich Schliemann made a brief visit to the western Tokyo suburb of Hachioji during his monthlong stay in Japan in 1865 before he turned to archaeology and discovered the ancient city of Troy, known ...

Heinrich Schliemann moved to Indianapolis in 1869. (Photo courtesy of the University Library Heidelberg) Heinrich Schliemann didn’t spend long in Indianapolis, but he is one of the most colorful ...

History | Updated: September 24, 2024 | Originally Published: April 6, 2017 Archaeologists have found the distinctive design on artifacts from India, Europe, Africa, China and the Americas. When Adolf ...

“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 ...

Over a few short months in 1871, Heinrich Schliemann achieved a task that had eluded literature’s fiercest ensemble of warriors: he breached the supposedly impregnable walls of Troy. To do so, the ...

In the 1870s, amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann inflicted irreparable damage on the site of the legendary city Meilan Solly - Senior Associate Digital Editor, History When German businessman ...

Heinrich Schliemann, the German archaeologist, was in Turkey in the late 19th century on an eccentric quest. He was excavating a tell—an artificial mound that covers long abandoned settlements. The ...

With a copy of Homer's "Iliad," the archaelogist went searching for years for the remains of Troy, long thought merely legendary. He began with the excavation 150 years ago. Heinrich Schliemann was a ...

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 ...

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 ...