Troy Archaeological Site

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Troy Archaeological Site is the ancient city in northwestern Turkey famed from Homeric epics and renowned for its multi-layered ruins that reveal over three millennia of continuous occupation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
describedIn Iliad ⓘ
linked to: Homer's Iliad

Odyssey ⓘ
excavatedBy Carl Blegen ⓘ
Heinrich Schliemann ⓘ
Manfred Korfmann ⓘ
Wilhelm Dörpfeld ⓘ
famousFor appearance in Homeric epics ⓘ
association with the Trojan War ⓘ
firstMajorExcavationBy Heinrich Schliemann ⓘ
hasCoordinate 39.957°N 26.238°E ⓘ
hasCulturalLayer Troy I ⓘ
Troy II ⓘ
Troy III ⓘ
Troy IV ⓘ
Troy IX ⓘ
Troy V ⓘ
Troy VI ⓘ
Troy VII ⓘ
linked to: Troy VIIa

Troy VIII ⓘ
hasFeature Roman theatre ⓘ
fortification walls ⓘ
gates ⓘ
megaron-type buildings ⓘ
multi-layered ruins ⓘ
sanctuaries ⓘ
hasNearbyMuseum Troy Museum ⓘ
hasTimeSpan over three millennia of occupation ⓘ
heritageDesignation archaeological conservation area ⓘ
identifiedWith legendary city of Troy ⓘ
linked to: ancient Troy
knownAs Ilion ⓘ
linked to: Τροῖα

Ilium ⓘ
Troy ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern Turkey ⓘ
Çanakkale Province ⓘ
locatedNear Aegean Sea ⓘ
Dardanelles ⓘ
partOf cultural heritage of Turkey ⓘ
periodCovered Byzantine period ⓘ
Early Bronze Age ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Late Bronze Age ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1998 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Çanakkale Province → hasHistoricalSite → Troy Archaeological Site ⓘ
Troad → hasArchaeologicalSite → Troy archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Troy Archaeological Site
Troy II → partOf → Troy (archaeological site) ⓘ
linked to: Troy Archaeological Site
Tevfikiye → hasHeritageContext → Troy archaeological zone ⓘ
linked to: Troy Archaeological Site
Troy III → partOf → Troy archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Troy Archaeological Site