Troy - Wikipedia
WEBTroy (Ancient Greek: Τροία, romanized: Troíā; Latin: Trōia; Hittite: 𒆳𒌷𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭, romanized: Truwiša / Taruiša) or Ilion (Ancient Greek: Ίλιον, romanized: Ī́lion, Hittite: 𒌷𒃾𒇻𒊭, romanized: Wiluša) [1] [2] [3] [4] was an ancient city located in present-day Hisarlık, Turkey. The place was first settled ...
Troy | Geography, Archaeology, Map, & Trojan War | Britannica
WEBSep 7, 2024 · Troy, ancient city in northwestern Anatolia that holds an enduring place in literature and archaeology. It lay on trade routes between Europe and Asia, and questions of its size, wealth, and status are matters of scholarly debate.
Troy - World History Encyclopedia
WEBMay 11, 2018 · Troy is the name of the Bronze Age city attacked in the Trojan War, a popular story in the mythology of ancient Greece, and the name given to the archaeological site in the north-west of Asia Minor (now Turkey) which has revealed a large and prosperous city occupied over millennia.
Discovery of Troy - World History Encyclopedia
WEBMar 22, 2023 · Troy was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in modern-day Turkey. The city was continuously inhabited from the Early Bronze Age (c. 3000-2200 BCE) for around 4,000 years. It was located on a hill near Tevfikiye in the Dardanelles, which connects the Aegean to the Black Sea, a strategically important position because it commanded a major ...
Ancient Troy: The city and the legend of the Trojan War
WEBFeb 8, 2022 · Troy is an ancient city and archaeological site in modern-day Turkey, but is also famously the setting for the legendary Trojan War in Homer's epic poems the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey." In...
Introduction | Interactive Map Troy - Archaeology Magazine
WEBThe ancient city of Troy was located along the northwest coast of Asia Minor, in what is now Turkey. It occupied a strategic position on the Dardanelles, a narrow water channel that connects the...
How archaeologists found the lost city of Troy
WEBNov 14, 2018 · This doomed city at the heart of the Trojan War was lost for thousands of years until a team of German archaeologists uncovered the ancient site. This magnificent 16th-century saddle shows the...