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• In Troy VI, Dörpfeld revealed a city with a citadel surrounded by defensive walls, a megaron (large rectangular central hall), pottery, and jewellery, along with evidence of destruction by fire, which were all consistent with Homer's descriptions of King Priam's palace in the Iliad. Dörpfeld argued that Troy VI was the most likely candidate for the...
• Although Schliemann's archaeological methods were often brutal, he is considered the founder of modern field archaeology,
• Troy was also known by its Latinised name of Ilium and was located on the northwest coast of Anatolia (modern-day Turkey).
• To date, nine cities and 46 levels of occupation have been unearthed, showing that there was no single Troy but a succession of civilisations that occupied the area.
• but the city of Homer's Iliad is generally accepted to have been found and is associated with three famous archaeologists: Heinrich Schliemann, Wilhelm Dörpfeld, and Carl Blegen.

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