Daily Life of the Ancient Greeks

10 Daily Life of the Ancient Greeks
Restoration of Grave Circle B (drawing by A. Voyatzis).
in 1871, excavated the site claimed to be Troy, which he identified
with a mound called Hissarlik, situated a few miles from the coast
in northwest Turkey. Discovering a considerable horde of treasure,
he overhastily identified it with Priam’s city. In fact, doubts remain
to this day as to whether the site that he excavated really is Troy.
Although most scholars concede that Homer’s legend contains
Gold cup from Shaft Grave IV
at Mycenae.