Did Schliemann find Troy?

Evidence for

Evidence against

Troy VI

• City was destroyed around 1250BC, Trojan war is dated 1200BC

• Appears rich, has large houses, Troy was favoured by the Gods)

• Tall walls (in the Trojan War the greeks found Troy’s walls a hard obstacle to overcome)

• Big city, (it mentions that Troy was a thriving city in the Iliad)

• Walls have towers, towers were featured in the Iliad

• Appears that it was destroyed by an earthquake and not burnt down by the Greeks

Troy VIIa

• Walls have towers, towers were featured in the Iliad

• crowded single-storey houses match the idea of emergency housing while under attack

• Storage jars buried underground

• destroyed by fire like Troy

• skeletons found

• crowded housing could also be due to a poor city, unlike Troy

• storage jars could be used for other reasons not just due to a siege