CLAS 305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Heinrich Schliemann, Luwian Language, Trojan War
27 Aug 2016
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Frank calvert found mound at the edge of his property in turkey, thought it might be ancient parts of troy. Heinrich schliemann, and amateur german archeologist, excavated at. Discovered 9 levels of settlement identified, also thought he found the king priam"s troy. Discovered power and wealth at level 2. Carl belegen excavated troy in the 1930"s. Korfmann from german university continued the excavations from 1980s to the present. He found the citadel complex, and large tholos tombs, huge bee-hive shaped tombs cut into the mountainside. Also discovered a series of shaft graves, in them he found beautiful funerary masks of beaten gold jewelry and weaponry. And could have been in a long sophisticated war. Could have been a fight over conflict of trade routes and access to black sea. Though the mythic explanation was that queen helen of sparta was abducted by the trojan prince paris.
