Widely accepted39.9575° N · 26.2389° E · 32 m
Troy (Hisarlik)
Ilion · Wilusa · Hisarlik
Early Bronze Age to Byzantine (Troy I c.3000 BCE – Troy IX 85 CE–500 CE)·Anatolian / Mycenaean-associated / Greek / Roman·🇹🇷 Çanakkale Province, Turkey
About
About Troy (Hisarlik)
Mound of Hisarlik with 9 settlement layers Troy I–IX (3000 BCE–500 CE) plus Homeric epic city Troy VI/VII. Schliemann excavated 1871, Dörpfeld/Blegen/Korfmann refined stratification; debate on historic Trojan War (Wilusa).
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.3000 BCE initial
- Period
- Early Bronze Age to Byzantine (Troy I c.3000 BCE – Troy IX 85 CE–500 CE)
- Culture
- Anatolian / Mycenaean-associated / Greek / Roman
- Purpose
- Fortified citadel controlling Dardanelles
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c.3000 BCE initial
Initial construction
c. 1130 CE
Abandonment
Location
Where it is
39.9575° N · 26.2389° E · 32 m
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