In Search of the Trojan War (43 page)

A medieval representation of the Trojan horse.

Sophie Schliemann wearing the ‘Jewels of Helen’.

Heinrich Schliemann, the excavator of Troy – a charlatan and teller of tall stories, but also the father of archaeology.

Schliemann’s ‘great ramp’ of Troy II in 1893. The ‘Jewels of Helen’ were probably found just outside the wall (centre, left) in a stone-lined cist grave dug into the ruins from above.

The Lion Gate at Mycenae in the 1880s. Standing to the left of the gate is Dörpfeld; to the right Sophie Schliemann (?) sits on a boulder.

The walls of Troy VI
c
.1300 BC. This is probably the city remembered by Greek tradition.

Orchomenos – the ceiling of the tomb chamber.

Goldwork from Mycenaean Greece – the famous mask from the shaft graves at Mycenae

The Vaphio Cup.

An aerial view of Tiryns today.

Tiryns
c
.1886 during Schliemann’s excavations.

Schliemann sits with Dörpfeld’s hand on his shoulder. Frank Calvert, who led him to the site of Troy, stands on the right. This was Schliemann’s last campaign.

Hisarlik from the north in 1894. Dörpfeld’s dig had uncovered the east bastion; the hill was now masked by huge spoil heaps.