In Search of Troy

Re:In Search of Troy by hecturchi on Friday February 25, 2022 @06:28AM (#30466146)

Troy is perhaps the most important archaeological site in Turkey (in greek-mithology terms) and one of the worst to visit. While it is amazing to be on the spot, prepare to put lots of imagination on this particular site.

If you happen to visit the area, I would actually recommend to skip it. Go to Assos instead: the citadel, the walls, the theater... all more impressive than Troy. Go the Alexandria Troas and see the baths, the aqueduct, the temple they were digging up a few years ago. Go to see the grandiose Temple of Apollo Smintheum in Gülpinar.

The most impressive thing sadly left in Troy is Schliemann's trench.

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Re:In Search of Troy by devoutsalsa on Friday February 25, 2022 @09:17AM (#30467513)

Just for fun, here’s a site most people visiting Turkey would probably never visit:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaz%C4%B1l%C4%B1kaya,_Eski%C...

I’d never heard of Phrygia before a friend mentioned the Midas Monument to me. If you’re passing through that area, check it out.

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