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The Troad or Troas is a historical region in northwestern Anatolia. It corresponds with the Biga Peninsula in the Çanakkale Province of modern Turkey. Bounded by the Dardanelles to the northwest, by t
Part of the walls of 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
Troad
…forms Mount Ida, the Troad is drained by two main rivers, the Scamander (Karamenderes) and the Simoeis, which join at the area containing the ruins of Troy. The Troad is first mentioned by that name in Hittite records as Taruiša. This identification was first put forth by Emil Forrer, but largely disputed…
Walls of Troy
An 18th-century depiction of the legendary sack of Troy
Alexandria Troas
Heinrich Schliemann