Chapter XXII: Pergamus of Troy, May 10th, 1873

Interruptions through festivals--Opening of the tumulus of
Batiea--Pottery like that of the Trojan stratum at Hissarlik, and
nothing else--No trace of burial--Its age--Further discoveries of
burnt Trojan houses--Proof of their successive ages--Their
construction--Discovery of a double gateway, with the copper bolts
of the gates--The “SCÆAN GATE” of Homer--Tests of the extent of
ancient Troy--The place where Priam sat to view the Greek
forces--Homer’s knowledge of the Heroic Troy only
traditional--Description of the gates, the walls, and the “PALACE
OF PRIAM"--Vases, &c., found in Priam’s house--Copper, ivory, and
other implements--The δέπα ἀμφικύπελλα--Houses discovered on the
north platform--Further excavations of the city walls--Statuettes
and vessels of the Greek period--Top of the Tower of Ilium
uncovered, and its height determined--A curious trench in it,
probably for the archers--Further excavations at Bunarbashi: only a
few fragments of Greek pottery--The site of Ilium uninhabited since
the end of the fourth century--The place confused with Alexandria
Troas--No Byzantine remains at Hissarlik--Freshness of the Greek
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