Archaeology · Egyptology & Near Eastern Archaeology
A topic within Egyptology & Near Eastern Archaeology, itself one of 9 topics in that field and part of Archaeology.
2 works
Heinrich Schliemann
Presents the excavation of Hisarlik as the site of Homeric Troy, arguing from stratified layers of successive cities that the Iliad describes a real place rather than pure legend.
800 pageslink checked 17 Sept 2026William Mitchell Ramsay
Argues that Asia Minor's ancient roads, cities and battles can only be located correctly by combining classical texts with first-hand survey of the terrain, rather than by armchair map-reading.