When Archaeologists Were Wrong About TROY | ATG Highlights

for regular videos on ancient cultures and forgotten civilizations Please Subscribe now what we are looking at here are the walls of Troy level six this is pre Trojan War uh this lasted uh this version of the city lasted from about 1700 to 1250 BCE this version of the City was destroyed in an earthquake around 1250 uh and then we go into the next version of the city which is Troy 7A and that's the city that experienced the Trojan War by 1300 BCE the settlement was flourishing and wealth from trade flowed through the city conflict necessitated the construction of even better fortifications an even larger Citadel was built with stronger defenses here we have the south gate to the city from Troy 6 and Troy 7 so it was built during Troy 6 but it was uh updated during Troy 7 so yes this would have been an active GATE of the city during the Trojan War can you imagine Greek soldiers funneling in through there sometimes you'll hear on the internet people say things like oh did you know that archaeologist said that the Trojan War was a complete myth it wasn't true until schleman proved them wrong but the reality is a little bit more uh nuanced than that the fact is most Scholars from the 1800s from around schon's time uh didn't know whether there was a real Trojan War or not um some lean more towards maybe there was some lean more towards maybe there wasn't most just said could be Poss it's possible but there was no evidence for it yet and when schan found it here uh not everyone was convinced in fact today not everyone is convinced but my impression is that the general consensus is that Troy level 7A uh was the city described in The Iliad uh but we still don't know whether the story all the characters are real and the story is true none of that's been uh demonstrated you you don't you can't find the people's names here or anything like that that says you know Agamemnon was here uh so we don't know how much of the story is true