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Heinrich Schliemann was an amateur archaeologist. He was obsessed with the stories of Homer and ancient Mediterranean civilizations. He dedicated the second part of his life to unveiling the actual physical remains of the cities of Homer's epic tales. Many refer to him as the "father of pre-Hellenistic archaeology".
Apr 5, 2024 · Heinrich Schliemann (born January 6, 1822, Neubukow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin [Germany]—died December 26, 1890, Naples, Italy) was a German archaeologist and excavator of Troy, Mycenae, and Tiryns. He is sometimes considered to be the modern discoverer of prehistoric Greece, though scholarship in the late 20th and early 21st centuries revealed ...
May 17, 2022 · Heinrich Schliemann was a German businessman and amateur archaeologist who discovered the legendary city of Troy in the 1870s. He excavated the site, smuggled the treasures of Priam, and nearly destroyed it by his actions. Learn about his life, legacy, and controversies on this bicentenary of his birth.
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Heinrich Schliemann, (born Jan. 6, 1822, Neubukow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin—died Dec. 26, 1890, Naples, Italy), German archaeologist and excavator of Troy, Mycenae, and Tiryns. As a boy he loved the Homeric poems, and he eventually learned ancient and modern Greek and many other languages. As a military contractor in the Crimean War he made a ...
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Jan 15, 2023 · Learn about the life and achievements of Heinrich Schliemann, a self-made businessman and archaeologist who excavated Troy and Mycenae. Discover how he became a founder of modern archaeology and a source of inspiration for Freud and Virchow.
Sep 21, 2023 · Archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann was a larger-than-life figure, discovering Troy, a city that many had believed was mythical and would never be found, in what is now Hisarlik in modern-day Turkey. As befits Greece, Schliemann’s greatest passion and the subject of his archaeological work was Greece itself. He had a complicated life, one as ...
Heinrich Schliemann - Archaeology, Troy, Mycenae: Assessments of Schliemann’s work began to change even during his lifetime. It is clear from later research on Frank Calvert and his papers that Calvert deserves the lion’s share of responsibility for siting Troy at Hisarlık. Schliemann’s archaeological practices too left something to be desired. In his single-minded drive to discover ...
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