Çanakkale
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Çanakkale, formerly known in English as Dardanelles, is a city and seaport in Turkey on the southern shore of the Dardanelles at their narrowest point. It is the seat of Çanakkale Province and Çanakka
Aerial view of the city centre
The Polyxena sarcophagus found at the Kızöldün Tumulus, the oldest known tumulus of Hellespontine Phrygia, currently on display at the Troy Museum.
The Trojan horse that appeared in the 2004 film Troy now stands on the Çanakkale waterfront.
Çanakkale Clock Tower (1896) in the city centre
Trojan Horse
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In Greek mythology, the Trojan Horse was a wooden horse said to have been used by the Greeks during the Trojan War to sneak into the city of Troy and win the war. The Trojan Horse is not mentioned in
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…The Polyxena sarcophagus found at the Kızöldün Tumulus, the oldest known tumulus of Hellespontine Phrygia, currently on display at the Troy Museum. The Trojan horse that appeared in the 2004 film Troy now stands on the Çanakkale waterfront. The first inhabitants of the area lived on the Biga Peninsula in the Last…
The Mykonos vase (750 to 650 BC), with one of the earliest known renditions of the Trojan Horse (note the depiction of the faces of hidden warriors shown on the horse's side)
Sinon is brought to Priam, from folio 101r of the Roman Vergil.
A replica of the Trojan Horse, used in the 2004 film Troy, stands today in Çanakkale, Turkey, the modern-day location of the city of Troy.
A replica of the Trojan Horse, used in the 2026 film The Odyssey during the film's premiere in New York City