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TÜRKIYE · 3000 BC
Troy
Τροία
People lived at Troy for some 4,000 years, and no other site shows as clearly how the civilisations of Anatolia first met those of the Mediterranean. Schliemann opened the first excavations here in 1870, and the digs have revealed nine superimposed layers.
- Original name
- Τροία
- Country
- Türkiye
- Period
- 3000 BC
- Civilisation
- Greek
- UNESCO
- On the World Heritage List
- Location
- 39.9564° N, 26.2390° E Open in OpenStreetMap Open in Apple Maps
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A QUESTION FROM THE ROAD
Who began the excavations at Troy?
The answer, and all of the city’s lessons, are in the app.