Schliemann

[shlee-mahn]

noun

Hein·rich

[hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/, 1822–90, German archaeologist: excavated ancient cities of Troy and Mycenae.

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Examples from the Web for schliemann

Dr. Schliemann afterwards pronounced these wedges to be battle-axes.
Troy and its Remains|Henry (Heinrich) Schliemann
Dr. Schliemann found in the ruins of Troy the bronze age below the stone age.
The Other Side of Evolution|Alexander Patterson
My next and last illustration is taken from the relics of Troy, recently brought to light by Dr. Schliemann.
The Evolution of Culture|Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers
The reader should bear in mind that Dr. Schliemann finally came back to this opinion.
Troy and its Remains|Henry (Heinrich) Schliemann

"It is magnificent to be such a willing—" added Schliemann, sidling up to him with a dreadful leer on his face.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood

British Dictionary definitions for schliemann

Schliemann

noun

Heinrich (ˈhainrɪç). 1822–90, German archaeologist, who discovered nine superimposed city sites of Troy (1871–90). He also excavated the site of Mycenae (1876)

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