![]() ![]() The notion that this particular site was once the city of Troy is rooted in thousands of years of history and mythology. The city is believed to have stood on a site known as Hisarlik on the northwest coast of Turkey. Scholars disagree on whether this legendary war actually occurred and, if it did, if it took place at the site that many people now identify as the ancient city of Troy. (Image credit: Brian Harrington Spier, Creative Commons.)įew archaeological sites are as hotly debated as Troy, the ancient city where, according to Homer's "Illiad," the Trojan War between the kingdoms of Troy and Mycenaean Greece took place. ![]() An amphitheater of Troy, the ancient city where archaeologists plan to dig beginning the summer of 2013.
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