The Amateur Archaeologist Who Found the Wrong Troy
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German businessman Heinrich Schliemann partnered with British archaeologist Frank Calvert in 1870 to excavate Hissarlik hill in Turkey, believing they would find Homer's legendary Troy from the Iliad. Though they discovered valuable artifacts including gold jewelry and vessels that Schliemann called "Priam's Treasure," later research revealed they had actually unearthed Troy II from around 2550-2300 B.C.—over a millennium earlier than the supposed Trojan War period.
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