Troy was a city in Asia minor, modern day Turkey. The city was a cultural bridge between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions. It was destroyed during the Trojan War, which was described in Homer's Iliad.
The city was just rediscovered by the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann in 1870. The excavations could be considered the starting point of modern archaeology.
The Archaeological Site of Troy is today one of the most famous archaeological sites in the World. It is on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1998.
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