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A New Suggested Site for Troy (Yenibademli Höyük)

2021; Volume: 8; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.30958/ajhis.8-1-4

2407-9677

Oliver Smith,

Archaeology and Historical Studies

Nearly all archaeologists identify the remains of Troy with Hisarlik. This article in contrast looks at some alternative suggested locations and finding them to be implausible suggests a Bronze Age site – Yenibademli Höyük – on the North Aegean Island Imbros (Gökçeada). The popular identification of Hisarlik with Troy is questioned and doubted. It is argued on the basis of an ancient tradition Hisarlik cannot be the site of Troy and reveals descriptions from the Iliad are not compatible with Hisarlik.