In parts of the ancient word, wine has long been thought as a luxury reserved only for the elite. But a new study reveals the mighty ancient city of Troy may have been the exception. Scientists in ...

A wide wooden boardwalk circling Troy makes the ancient city much more accessible of late. getty. In a now well-told tale, the roguish late-19th-century German trade merchant Heinrich Schliemann ...

But unless you were an archaeology student, you might not know of Blegen’s contributions. Blegen became famous for helping uncover the ancient city of Troy, found in present-day Hisarlik, Turkey ...

Archaeologists at Troy have unearthed more than 100 depas goblets dated to between 2500 and 2000 B.C.E. They tend to measure between 5 and 15 inches tall and can contain up to a liter of liquid ...

Ernst Pernicka, an ancient metals expert, tested soil found inside one of the jewels and determined that it contained the same percentage of arsenic found in earth samples from Troy. “It was the ...

Çanakkale, in modern Turkey, sits near the site of Truva, or ancient Troy. The archaeological site is said to have been where the mythical Trojan War took place. But historians say there is real ...

Troy gets all the glory, but western Türkiye is filled with other fine ancient sites like Smintheion and Alexandria Troas that are easy to reach and explore.

Just About Everyone Drank Wine in Ancient Troy . Eli Wizevich Smithsonian April 2, 2025 Jametlene Reskp In the first book of the Iliad, the god Hephaestus passes a “double goblet” around at a banquet ...

The 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 ...

Schliemann believed that the Troy ruled over by King Priam, as in the Iliad, would be found at the deepest layer of the city, and so, beginning in 1870, he aimed for the base of Hisarlik’s mound.

Çanakkale, in modern Turkey, sits near the site of Truva, or ancient Troy. The archaeological site is said to have been where the mythical Trojan War took place. But historians say there is real ...