Heinrich Schliemann
Johann Ludwig Heinrich Julius Schliemann was a German businessman and an influential amateur archaeologist. He was an advocate of the historicity of places mentioned in the works of Homer and an archaeological excavator of Hisarlik, now presumed to be the site of Troy, along with the Mycenaean sites Mycenae and Tiryns. His work lent weight to the idea that Homer's Iliad reflects historical events. Schliemann's excavation of nine layers of archaeological remains has been criticized as destructive of significant historical artifacts, including the layer that is believed to be the Homeric Troy.
Mycenæ: a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenæ and Tiryns
Unearth the buried secrets of ancient Greece as one man's quest to prove legend true reveals a world of forgotten riches and epic tales.
By Heinrich Schliemann
Troy and Its Remains A Narrative of Researches and Discoveries Made on the Site of Ilium and in the Trojan Plain
A 19th-century archaeologist searches for a legendary city, unearthing ancient ruins and objects that bridge myth and reality.
By Heinrich Schliemann