Troy’s Oldest Agora Suggests the City Returned to Life Within 90 Years
For generations, Troy’s story has centered on destruction—war, fire, earthquake and the collapse of the Bronze Age city immortalized in Homer’s Iliad. Troy’s oldest agora,…
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2,000-Year-Old Street Emerging at Troy Reveals the Scale of Its Roman City
Archaeologists at Troy are uncovering a major Roman street that once ran through the lower city, exposing part of an urban landscape shaped nearly 2,000…
Scars of a 1,500-Year-Old Earthquake Uncovered on a Roman Street in Troy
Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Troy have uncovered clear traces of a powerful earthquake that struck the settlement approximately 1,500 years ago. The damage…
Granicus Battlefield, Where Alexander the Great First Defeated the Persians and Opened the Road to Asia, Placed Under Protection
The battlefield where Alexander the Great won his first major victory against the Persian Empire and opened the road for his campaign into Asia has…
1800-Year-Old Scandalous Love in Ancient Troas: Tombstone Reveals Murder
Another tale has been added to the legendary love stories of Anatolia. An 1800-year-old tombstone, discovered in the ancient city of Alexandria Troas in the…