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  • Geologists investigate Trojan battlefield

    02/07/2003 9:52:05 PM PST · by TigerLikesRooster · 55 replies · 1,061+ views
    BBC NEWS ^ | 02/07/03 | N/A
    Friday, 7 February, 2003, 11:42 GMT Geologists investigate Trojan battlefield The Greeks armies would have attacked from the west Homer's description of the Trojan battlefield in his classic poem the Iliad is accurate, say scientists. The subject of the story - the Greeks' 10-year siege of Troy and the wooden horse they used to bring it to an end - may have been a myth, but its geography was not. It was right in front of Troy that we were drilling a hole and seashells came out Chris Kraft The researchers drilled sediments in northwest Turkey to map how the...