The author explores the roles and personalities of Homer’s characters—the Greek beauty Helen, the enslaved girl Briseis, the ...

During his excavation of Troy and other sites, Schliemann came across examples of a drinking vessel known as a depas goblet (depas amphikypellon), which is distinct for its slender body and two ...

New Delhi: India's gems and jewellery industry is expected to surge from USD 83 billion in 2024 to USD 128 billion by 2029, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.5 per cent ...

Schliemann had found that rather than one city, there had been at least nine built on top of each other, identified in layers. The Troy site was inhabited almost continually from 3000 B.C. to the ...

In the late 19th century, German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) excavated the ancient city of Troy. He was hoping to discover the residence of Priam, the king of the city besieged ...

During excavations, Schliemann found several hundred gold and silver objects at Troy, including jewellery, masks, buttons, headwear, weapons and sculptures. But he was 'captivated' by a more ...

A depas goblet excavated from the ruins of Troy by Heinrich Schliemann in the 1870s University of Tübingen In the first book of the Iliad, the god Hephaestus passes a “double goblet” around ...

The university’s collection holds a narrow two-handled drinking vessel known as a depas goblet­ and two other ceramic fragments uncovered during Schliemann’s excavations at Troy. New chemical ...

In the late 19th century, German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) excavated the ancient city of Troy. He was hoping to discover the residence of Priam, the king of the city besieged ...

The ruins of Troy were rediscovered over 150 years ago by a German businessman and amateur archeologist named Heinrich Schliemann. Among the artifacts Schliemann recovered in present-day Hisarlik ...

a team of researchers has found chemical evidence that wine was actually drunk in Troy, verifying a conjecture of Heinrich Schliemann, who discovered the legendary fortress city in the 19th century.