In legend, the city of Troy was besieged for 10 years and eventually conquered by a Greek army led by King Agamemnon. This "Trojan War erupted because Helen, a queen from Sparta, was abducted by ...

But contemporary sources from the Hittite archives in Hattusha tell a different story. ... (Troy Level I, about 3500BC) to the Roman era (Troy IX, about 500AD).

On the interactive map on the home page, the levels are represented by different colors. ... However, Troy II and the treasure date to around 2400 B.C., ...