SITE OF TROY
MYSTERY NO LONGER. The mystery of the site of ancient Tioy, long a subject of eager argument and speculation among archeologists, has been sclved by the most recent excavations. Mi. Stanley Casson, reader in classical archeology at Oxford, told a London audience recently that there was no possible site other than that already known. A total of 41 different levels of Troy had now been reached, and the most important discovery was that Troy One (the lowest settlement of all) was a citadel. It had enormous fortification walls, every bit as massive as the walls of Troy Two, which can be seen to-day. Troy was destroyed by earthquake in 1350 B.C. The final destruction of Troy Six and Seven came about 1200 B.C.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 21 April 1938, Page 3
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