>Reuters is reporting that archaeologists have found the remains of a man and a woman in the ancient city of Troy in Turkey. According to the report, the couple probably died in 1,200 B.C., during the time of the Trojan War as reported by Homer.
The following is an excerpt from the article:
The discovery could add to evidence that Troy’s lower area was bigger in the late Bronze Age than previously thought, changing scholars’ perceptions about the city of the “Iliad.”
If the remains are confirmed to be from 1,200 B.C. it would coincide with the Trojan war period. These people were buried near a mote. We are conducting radiocarbon testing, but the finding is electrifying.”
Ancient Troy, located in the northwest of modern-day Turkey at the mouth of the Dardanelles not far south of Istanbul, was unearthed in the 1870s by Heinrich Schliemann, the German entrepreneur and pioneering archaeologist who discovered the steep and windy city described by Homer.
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Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary
Tags: Archaeology, Trojan War, Troy
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