Troy Lay Beneath Later Cities

For centuries, the city of Troy was widely treated as part of legend until archaeologists identified its remains at Hisarlik in present-day Turkey during the 19th century. The site had already been investigated by Frank Calvert before Heinrich Schliemann began major excavations there in 1870 and 1871, uncovering layers of ancient settlements built one on top of another. The remains associated with Bronze Age Troy lay beneath later Greek and Roman cities, meaning people had lived and built over the site for centuries without realizing how much older history was buried below them.

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