The Real City of Troy

A Mound that Probably Contains a City is Clearly Visible in the Plain of Troy Today

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Sunday, February 28, 2021

The Kalifat problem deepens

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I wrote two months ago about the fact that old maps of the plain of Troy place Kalifat in the center of the plain, rather than at the foot ...
Sunday, February 21, 2021

Pliny the Elder on the Troad and the Navigable Scamander

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Pliny the Elder mentions a navigable Scamander river in the first paragraph of his discussion of the Troy region, which was chapter 33 of hi...
Sunday, January 24, 2021

The City as Explanatory Hypothesis

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An explanandum is a sentence containing something that needs to be explained. An explanans is a sentence containing something that explains...
Friday, January 22, 2021

Legends of Troy: Hercules Sacks Troy

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A very persistent rumor about Troy is that it was sacked.  There are several stories to that effect, including the Iliad .  There are at lea...
Thursday, January 21, 2021

Legends of Troy: Brutus of Troy

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The story goes that the "Britain" part of "Great Britain" comes from the name of a certain Brutus, who was a Trojan. He ...
Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Is this Homer's Throsmos?

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I have searched the internet for pictures looking west or southwest from Hissarlik. I have not found much.  However, there are lots of pics ...
Sunday, January 10, 2021

Ten Bullets for the City in the Plain at Troy

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1. There is an anomaly in the plain directly in front of the citadel of Troy. The anomaly is a single raised earth phenomenon. It is very la...
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