
Troy: Myth and Reality – Autumn at The British Museum
Troy: Myth and Reality at the British Museum will through 300 objects on show from 21 November 2019 – 8 March 2020 seek the stories at the heart of ancient Troy
Troy: Myth and Reality at the British Museum will through 300 objects on show from 21 November 2019 – 8 March 2020 seek the stories at the heart of ancient Troy
Ancient Troy was once a mythical city, known only through the text of the ancient Greek poet Homer’s Iliad. In 1870 German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) excavated the ruins of Troy (and several cities above and beneath it) in northwest Turkey. Since then archaeologists have discovered there are ten cities…