- Akrotiri onThera: Ten
pages of wonderful images from this important Bronze Age site in the Aegean.
- The Ancient Greek World: a wonderful virtual museum exhibit from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
- Anistoriton: An electronic magazine of History Archaeology and Art History; includes a number of articles about the Mycenaean Bronze Age, Classical Greece, etc.
- The Collapse of Mycenaean Palatial Civilization and the Coming of the Dorians: Lesson 28 of the Dartmouth Bronze Age Archaeology course. It offers sophisticated, current information and analysis; rather technical. A few images are available for this lesson.
- Crete and the Trojan War: Going Beyond Homer and Sir Andrew Evans: A synopsis of current ideas on this topic by Professor Halford Haskell
- Heinrich Schliemann: 1822-1890; a
biography of the man who "discovered" Troy for the modern
world.
- Heinrich Schliemann: Heros and
Mythos, by Wellington King; essay with images.
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Heinrich Schliemann and Family Papers: From the American
School of Classical Studies at Athens.
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Linear B: This is the script used by the Mycenean Greeks at
the time of the Trojan War.
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NASA: Satellite image of Troy.
- Project Troia: The web site of Korfmann's excavations at Troy. It features all sorts of information about the current excavations at Troy as well as an interesting academic quarrel over Korfmann's excavation and interpretation of the Troy site. Worth a look
- TAY: The Archaeological Settlements of Turkey; a chronological inventory of findings about the cultural heritage of Turkey.
- The Treasure at Troy: An uncritical but lively narrative about the fascinating story of Schliemann and his passion for excavation, which led him to Troy and other wonderful ancient sites, and of his discovery of what he claimed was the treasure of Troy.
- The Trojan Horse--an Earthquake? Don't blame the Trojan Horse: earthquakes toppled ancient cities, Stanford geophysicist says. By Ellen Licking
- TROY in England: Yes, you read it correctly! This site argues in great detail that Troy was actually a Bronze Age city in England and that is where the Trojan War was fought. Personally, I'm not convinced, but it is an interesting alternative hypothesis.
- Troy VII and the Historicity of the Trojan War: This site discusses the archaeology of Troy VII, the one presumably involved in the Fall of Troy. This is Lesson 27 of a course in Bronze Age Archaeology from Dartmouth; very current in material and analysis; rather technical. Each lesson includes an excellent bibliography.
- TROY (TRUVA) - 4000 years old Ancient City: Information about the site of Troy, its history and archaeology, two pictures of the excavations, and some links to related material.
- Turkish Odyssey: Everything you ever wanted to know about Troy, its history, traveling there, archaeology, etc.
- Troy Model: Represents Troy about 2200 BCE.
Scroll down to see the model.
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- Bureaucrats and Barbarians: Minoans, Mycenaeans and the Greek Dark Ages; history and some images.
- The Historical World Behind the Trojan War: Wilfed E. Major offers detailed lectures and wonderful images about the Bronze Age world of the Trojan War.
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The Iliad and the Greek Bronze Age: an
overview
by John Porter, University of Saskatchewan -
The Historical World Behind the Trojan War: a
set of nicely developed and illustrated lectures on Bronze
Age issues related to the Trojan War by Wilford Major from
LSU.
- The Trojan War: History, myth and Homer. Includes an annotated list of Troy books, linked to Amazon.com.
- Troy (Truva): Narration about the history of Troy and its legends, with many hypertext links to more information. Part of a larger site on Turkey that even includes a section on Turkish food.
- Troy VI:
A trading center and a commercial city?: An essay by
Frank Kolb in the American Journal of Archaeology (2004).
Kolb argues that Troy VI was not a major city; the journal
issue includes a refutation by two other scholars.
- Was there a Trojan
War?: An essay by Manfred Korfmann in Archaeology
magazine (2004). Korfmann was the director of the
excavations at Troy when he wrote this article.
- Who were the Sea
Peoples? An interesting essay about the mysterious,
piratical invaders of the Eastern Mediterranean at the end
of the Bronze Age; written by Eberhard
Zangger.
IMAGES OF THE MYCENAEAN BRONZE AGE
MAP
POEM
- "On Hisarlik":
A poem by
Daniel del Valle Hernandez. The link goes to the Greek Mythology Link;
scroll down to see the poem below the image of Heinrich Schliemann.
Hisarlik in Turkey is quite likely the site of ancient Troy.
TRAVEL
- Troy Travel Guide:
a few too many ads for my taste, but links to LOTS of useful
information for anyone interested in going to Troy plus many
good photos.
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