How Heinrich Schliemann found ancient Troy
In the late 19th century the German explorer Heinrich Schliemann set out to discover ancient Troy.
Until that time Troy was considered by most scholars to be a mythical place, and the Trojan War a legend entwined with Greek mythology.
Schliemann worked with Homer in one hand and his archaeological tools in the other, searching for clues in “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey” for real geographical locations.
And he found Troy!
Today scholars accept that Troy was located at Hisarlik in northwestern Turkey.
Schliemann even found precious objects that he dubbed the “treasures of King Priam” although some of these date to before the time of the Trojan War.
Schliemann demonstrated that the Homeric narratives were grounded in real places and a Late Bronze Age world.
Biblical archaeology works in much the same way, with the Bible offering a roadmap to real places and real events.
And as at Troy, in the end the stones have the last word.
My new book “The Stones Cry Out” reveals the greatest discoveries of modern archaeology that confirm the historicity of the Bible.
I also made a 2-hour documentary for PragerU that accompanies the book.
The book is out next week. Preorder here:
https://a.co/d/02rGbRIe
Film trailer: https://www.prageru.com/videos/trailer-the-stones-cry-out