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Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz / Art Resource, NY

Excavator of Troy Heinrich Schliemann learned about the Hissarlik-Troy connection from British archaeologist Frank Calvert, who had been digging at the site for 20 years. In 1871 Schliemann joined Calvert, fully believing that the famed city of Homer’s Iliad lay at the bottom of the mound.