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