Although there are more spectacular ancient sites on Turkey’s Aegean coast, including the magnificent library at Ephesus and ...

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 ...

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.

It describes how the ancient Greeks infiltrated the city of Troy by concealing themselves within a giant, hollow wooden horse. However, there is little evidence to suggest that the event actually ...

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 ...

Archaeologists uncovered the ancient city of Imet in Egypt’s Nile Delta, revealing homes, temples, and artifacts from the 4th ...

In the 1930s, archaelogist Carl Blegen led a University of Cincinnati excavation of the ancient city of Troy, looking for evidence of the Trojan War.

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 ...

The ancient city was founded in 631 B.C. by Greek settlers from the island of Thera in the Aegean Sea—a part of the eastern Mediterranean wedged between Greece and Turkey.

Troy is an ancient city and archaeological site in western Turkey. The site of Troy was first settled in the Early Bronze Age, from around 3000 BC. Troy fell into ruin at the end of the Bronze Age ...

Experts say the frescoes on the walls of an ancient banquet hall in Pompeii are among the finest ever found in the city destroyed by a volcano almost 2,000 years ago.