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Hissarlik

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[hi-sahr-lik] / hɪ sɑrˈlɪk /

noun

  1. the modern name of the site of ancient Troy.


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No doubt remains that Troy existed, or that the mound known to Turks as Hissarlik is the site of the ancient city.

From Time Magazine Archive

In defiance of scholarly opinion, relying solely on Homer's descriptions, Schliemann chose the mound of Hissarlik as the place to start digging.

From Time Magazine Archive

And in excavations begun in 1870 at Hissarlik, a Turkish settlement south of the Dardanelles, he proved that he was right.

From Time Magazine Archive

The first layer of from thirteen to twenty feet on this hill of Hissarlik belonged to the Aryan race, of whom very little can be said.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines

In April, 1870, he cut the first sod of his excavation at Hissarlik.

From The Sea-Kings of Crete by James Baikie

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