Troy / Hisarlık

Archaeological site in northwestern TurkeyTurkeyTurkey is a modern country including Anatolia and territory in southeastern EuropeGlossary · Click to read the explanation associated with Troy in Greek tradition. ^[1]

Hisarlık preserves multiple settlement layers, including Bronze Age structures and later Greek and Roman remains. The IliadIliadGreek epic attributed to Homer, narrating a phase of the Trojan War.Glossary · Click to read the explanation’s war is a poetic narrative; one archaeological layer does not establish every epic detail as fact. ^[1]