Troy and its Remains : A Narrative of Researches and Discoveries Made on the Site of Ilium, and in the Trojan Plain

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In this first-hand account of his excavations at Hissarlik in Turkey, 'translated by the author's sanction' in 1875, Heinrich Schliemann (1822–1890), a successful businessman and self-taught archaeologist, describes the discoveries which convinced him that he had proved the real historical existence of the legendary city of Troy.