studied at Oxford gaining a degree in Modern History; Arthur then went on to travel northern and eastern Europe. Evans and his wife‚ Margaret Freeman‚ visited Greece in 1883 where Evans then met Heinrich Schliemann‚ an Archeologist who had been excavating Mycenae and Mycenaen sites. After this meeting with Schliemann‚ Evans then went on to announce that he wanted to broaden the variety of artifacts of history beyond the classical‚ he wanted it to go to the ancient. This happened after he had gained Keeper
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The epic of the Trojan War have two names that stand out even more than of its protagonists: Homer and Heinrich Schliemann. Homer‚ the greatest poet of all time‚ compiled stories of an oral tradition that sang the heroic deeds of a war that pitted the city of Troy with a coalition of Greek States to the 8th century BC. A war that happened five centuries before and that was the last heroic deed of a powerful civilization whose track would disappear from history soon after until little more than one
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was considered a mythical city until archeologist Heinrich Schliemann discovered the remains of the city in 1871. Archeological digs have brought up many truths about the history of Troy‚ and about the Trojan War‚ which supposedly occurred around 1250 B.C. The war is the subject of the epic poem‚ The Iliad by Homer‚ however‚ there are several theories regarding the existence of Troy and the events of the Trojan War. In 1871‚ Heinrich Schliemann‚ with the aid of geographical clues mentioned in
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consistency in writing styles between the Iliad and the Odyssey to be of the same author. However there is strong archeological evidence that demonstrates perhaps the Iliad and the Odyssey are not entire work of fiction according to archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann. The archaeologist found by using Homers epics as a guide he was able to find that these events actually took place in real life. The evidence was found at the new modern day cities that now reside over Troy and Greece etc.
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The man who may have found the ruins name was‚ Heinrich Schliemann. Schliemann believed that the stories that homer told were true. He went on a trip to Greece to find where was. He went to a place called Hissarlik. He read his copy of the Iliad‚ and he read that Hector and Achilles chased each other three times
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His underlying idea was that the second level of Troy was the one that was portrayed in the Iliad yet after different archeologists refuted this hypothesis Schliemann changed his contemplations. After the intial disclosure Schliemann was vigorously scrutinized by other individuals saying that he was hunting down Troy just to help his monetary benefit and when a few people discovered that his better half was wearing a portion of the gems that
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off‚ we have an example of the argument. In the article Lost Cities‚ Lost Treasures‚ there is a scholar and businessman known as Heinrich Schliemann. Heinrich is searching for the lost city of Troy. He comes upon a man who owns a presumed site‚ named Frank Calvert‚ who is modest and a quiet discoverer. Frank does not have enough money to fund excavation‚ so when Heinrich strikes the plan‚ he agrees. As Heinrich’s crew digs down‚ they find many treasures. Although after‚ many people say that if they
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as an old Greek myth before Heinrich Schliemann excavated the ancient city. Schliemann‚ a millionaire merchant‚ had read Homer’s account of the Trojan War and had later searched the pages of The Illiad for geographical clues. He believed they placed ancient Troy in the northwest corner of modern day Turkey. In 1870‚ Schliemann began preliminary excavations at the mound of Hissarlik where local custom also reinforced his belief that this was the site of Troy. Schliemann- an amateur excavator with
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nature of the source‚ the unreliability of oral transmission and the exaggerated romantic theme‚ the account is not a valid source for historians. Written evidence such as the Hittite records and the different theories presented by archaeologists Schliemann‚ Dorpfield‚ Blegen and Korfmann strongly suggest the occurrence of a war in troy and have some links to the Iliad. Despite these links‚ there is only enough evidence to support the existence of a war in Troy but not explicitly Homer’s Trojan War
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interpretation of the vase is believed to depict a festival for the spring plant or the fall harvest. Some believe it may have even been used for funeral use or may even been used for religious use. The Mycenaean Warrior vase was found by Heinrich Schliemann on the Acropolis of Mycenae. It was dated to 12th century BCE. It is the best known peace from the late Helladic pottery. It was used to mix wine and water. Made from ceramic and are 16 in height the images are painted on. The art on it is six
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