Publisher's Synopsis
It started as a legend told to each new generation-a war between the Greeks and the Trojans, with heroes battling over a beauty named Helen. While some question if this war and even the city of Troy itself existed, the tales have enticed people to look for clues in order to elicit fact from fiction and in some cases, to gain their own glory. Jill Rubalcaba and Eric H. Cline did into many archeological expeditions at Hisarlik, the modern-day site believed to have been ancient Troy. The recount Heinrich Schliemann's quest for renown, Wilhelm D÷rpfeld's meticulous digs, carl Blegen's timeline of troy's layers from 2900 BCE to 550 CE, and Manfred Korfmann's controversial picture of troy as a political entity with Anatolian-not Aegean-ties.
