Heinrich Schliemann made a brief visit to the western Tokyo suburb of Hachioji during his monthlong stay in Japan in 1865 before he turned to archaeology and discovered the ancient city of Troy, known ...

Over a few short months in 1871, Heinrich Schliemann achieved a task that had eluded literature’s fiercest ensemble of warriors: he breached the supposedly impregnable walls of Troy. To do so, the ...

With a copy of Homer's "Iliad," the archaelogist went searching for years for the remains of Troy, long thought merely legendary. He began with the excavation 150 years ago. Heinrich Schliemann was a ...

It used to be said that every schoolchild knew Heinrich Schliemann, but a quick survey disclosed that that is no longer the case. Even so, before we rant about today's hyperspeed culture of ignorance, ...

Born 200 years ago in Germany, the adventurer-archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann was obsessed with finding the kingdom of Troy described in Homer's "Iliad." A Greek armada sails eastward. Its aim: to ...

Heinrich Schliemann moved to Indianapolis in 1869. (Photo courtesy of the University Library Heidelberg) Heinrich Schliemann didn’t spend long in Indianapolis, but he is one of the most colorful ...

In the 1870s, amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann inflicted irreparable damage on the site of the legendary city Meilan Solly | Senior Associate Digital Editor, History When German businessman ...

IN Troja 1 Dr. Schliemann has published the results of his later excavations at Hissarlik and its neighborhood in 1882, and they prove an important correction and amplification of his previous work, ...

A man claiming to be Heinrich Schliemann’s grandson once wrote that the famed discoverer of Troy had also uncovered the path to Atlantis. Is there any truth behind this bold claim? Let’s examine the ...