Priam's Treasure
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Priam's Treasure is a cache of gold and other artifacts discovered by classical archaeologists Frank Calvert and Heinrich Schliemann at Hisarlık on the northwestern coast of modern Turkey in the late
Part of Priam's treasure
Sophia Schliemann (née Engastromenou) wearing the "Jewels of Helen" excavated by her husband, Heinrich Schliemann, in Hisarlık (photograph taken ca. 1874)
The "big" diadem in modern exhibition
The "small" diadem
Troy
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Troy or Ilion was an ancient city located in present-day Çanakkale, Turkey. It is best known as the setting for the Greek myth of the Trojan War. The archaeological site is open to the public as a tou
Priam's Treasure
…Priam's Treasure is a cache of gold and other artifacts discovered by classical archaeologists Frank Calvert and Heinrich Schliemann at Hisarlık on the northwestern coast of modern Turkey in the late 19th century. The majority of the artifacts are currently in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow…
Walls of Troy
An 18th-century depiction of the legendary sack of Troy
Alexandria Troas
Heinrich Schliemann