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Podcast Episode 63: The "Lost City" of Troy

  • Writer: Accessible Art History
    Accessible Art History
  • Feb 7, 2022
  • 1 min read



Welcome to Accessible Art History: The Podcast. For the third episode of our Unearthed Season, I'm exploring the "lost city" of Troy. Long a place of legend, it was finally revealed in the late 19th century!


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Cover Image:

Walls of Troy

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The Sack of Troy

Johann Georg Trautmann, 18th century

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Charles McLaren

John Hutchison, 1861

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Heinrich Schliemann

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Frank Calvert

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Schliemann's Trench (notice the marked layers)

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Part of Priam's Treasure

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Sophia Schliemann wearing the "Jewels of Helen"

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Sources


Gardner's Art through the Ages by Fred S Kleiner













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