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DAY 3
DIGGING FOR TROY
PA STANDARDS & OBJECTIONS
STANDARDS
OBJECTIVES
• Discuss the life of Heinrich Schliemann
• Explore the site at Hisarlik
• Compare the findings to that of the story of the Iliad.
• Discuss the history portion of the research paper.
REVIEW FROM YESTERDAY
• What was Homer’s profession?
A. Singer
B. Writer
C. Bard
D. Professional Wrestler
My finishing move would be the BODY
SLAM!!
• So what is the name of that of that science where people dig to learn about the past?
A. Marine Biology
B Anthropology
C. Astronomy
D. Archeology
• We have talked about archeology before.
• Think back to the beginning of the year when we talked about Sumer
• C Leonard Woolley, while digging for the Babylonians found an older civilization called Sumer.
• The story of finding Troy is like digging through a layer cake
• What do I mean by that? Let’s find out!
• Heinrich Schliemann was a 19th century German millionaire who was obsessed with finding the city of Troy
• One problem…most scholars thought it was a myth like Atlantis or Camelot.
• But the funny thing about myth is that there usually is a kernel of truth to them .
• But where to dig?
• The Iliad places the city of Troy on the Ionian Coast (modern Turkey) along the Dardanelles
• The Dardanelles is a narrow straight connecting the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara
• Can you think of any other “Straights” in the world?
• ARE YOU READY FOR THE CHALLENGE?
• Go to www.google.com
• Type in “famous straights”
• Find one and type it on the blank slide.
• You have 1:30……
• Most thought Troy was a fictitious place but some believed Homer must have been writing about a real place and a real war.
• There was always a legend that Troy was located at the mound of Hisarlik (Hiss-R-Lick)
• So Heinrich Schliemann went and dug.
• Guess what he found?
• Not just one Troy BUT NINE!!!!
• But how did he come to that conclusion
• Remember when I said digging for Troy was like digging through a layer cake?
• The mound at Hisarlik was 9 cities built atop one another.
• But which one, if any, was the Troy of the Trojan War?
• Schliemann was not a trained archeologist.
• Instead of digging slowly he cut a HUGE trench right down the middle of the mound, exposing layers (like our cake)
• He thought that Troy would be at the bottom
• What he found wasn’t exactly what he was looking for (though he thought it was for a short time)
• He found an older site (1,000 years too early)
• Through he didn’t know it at the time he destroyed part of the actual city he was looking for.
• But that didn’t stop him from announcing to the world he not only found THE Troy of Homer but also Priam’s Treasure
PRIAM’S TREASURE
• Schliemann was a liar.
• 1st he claimed he always wanted to find Troy even since he was a boy (not true)
• 2nd he claimed his wife was with him when he found the treasure (again not true. She was at their home in Athens, Greece.
• When he found out the “treasure” he found was too old to be from Homer’s Troy he knew he goofed.
• He went to the grave believing he found Troy.
• Later archeologist (as late as 2005) think the Troy Homer was talking about is either Troy VI or Troy VII
• Why?
• Troy VI resembles the grand city found in the Iliad.
• Problem is it looks like it was destroyed by an earthquake.
• Could later writers used this in creating the Trojan horse?
• According to Greek mythology Poseidon was the god of the sea and earthquakes.
• Earthquakes were caused by the horses pulling his chariot.
• So was the horse a metaphor for the an earthquake?
• The Trojan Horse is NOT found in the Iliad but in later writings about the fall of Troy.
• But if an earthquake, not the Greeks, destroyed Troy then the story might not be true.
• Let’s go to Troy VII…BUT FIRST
PIT STOP 1
TRUE or False
1. Heinrich Schliemann dug at Hisarlik?
2. There are seven Troys not one?
3. Troy VI was brought down by an earthquake?
• Troy VII was NOT the grand city described by Homer.
• It was a city of shanty homes and destruction.
• BUT there are signs of warfare such as arrow heads, unburied skeletons, and sling stones used in defense of the city.
• The question now is….Who destroyed it?
• The short answer is NO ONE KNOWS. (DÉJÀ VU anyone?)
• Someone destroyed Troy VII but the arrowheads found could come from anywhere.
• In the end, the question is still unanswered
ME AGAIN!
QUESTIONS
• The people mentioned in the Iliad were real?
• Homer was a real person and composed the Iliad?
• Troy VI or VII was the Troy mentioned in the Iliad?
ANSWERS
• Unknown
• Unknown
• Unknown
• Homer may have lived on the Ionian Coast and knew about the multiple cities at Hisarlik
• The story is based on a combination of events and used to create a story.
• The real story will never be known in full.
• Now you have all the info for the history end of this project.
• Mrs. Burns will give you the English part in two weeks.
• All of these PPTS will be in your kmail and on my website.
• Do not plagiarize. Write your findings in your own words.
• Don’t overthink it. Have fun with this. YOU ARE THE DETECTIVE. Use your skills to write an awesome paper.
• Write in complete sentences and don’t use texting language (or Mrs. Burns will turn into the Minotaur and go on a rampage)
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