During excavations, Schliemann found several hundred gold and silver objects at Troy, including jewellery, masks, buttons, headwear, weapons and sculptures.

This site (Troy II) was initially identfied as the city of Homer’s tale by Heinrich Schliemann. 1700-1250 B.C. Troy VI that thrived at this time is now believed to be that of Homer’s legend.

Schliemann's haul from Troy, on view at the Neues Museum in Berlin Public domain via Wikimedia Commons A depas goblet in situ at Troy University of Tübingen ...

Schliemann believed that the Troy ruled over by King Priam, as in the Iliad, would be found at the deepest layer of the city, and so, beginning in 1870, he aimed for the base of Hisarlik’s mound.

On the other hand, Schliemann, who began as little more than a treasure hunter and vandal, was using state-of-the-art methods by the time he made his third expedition to Troy and used his wealth ...

Schliemann was captivated by the depas amphikypellon, a two-handle drinking cup referenced in Homer's Iliad, which he believed played a role in ritual wine offerings or elite banquets.

After this Schliemann went again to Troy, and kept the work going until the season stopped him. Several of my friends, who visited him there, have told or written me of the warm welcome he gave ...

by C. W. CERAM 1 THE life of Heinrich Schliemann is the story of the poor minister’s son who at the age of seven dreamed of finding a city, and who thirty-nine years later found not only the ...

SCHLIEMANN'S TROY WORK; NEW "FINDS" AND THE COLLAPSE OF A CRITIC'S ATTACKS. THE ANCIENT WALLS AND THEIR SIZE -- HOW THE WORK HAS BEEN CARRIED ON -- PETRIE IN PALESTINE. Share full article Sept. 21 ...

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 ...