Heinrich Schliemann was not your typical archaeologist-even by the swashbuckling standards of the 19th century. But Troy itself remained a mystery-until one man went in search of it. It has echoed through poems and histories and paintings and films. The story of the Trojan War-of the wrath of Achilles, of love and revenge, and men who would make war on the gods themselves for pride-is a foundation-stone of Western literature. Troy, city of heroes, was the setting of Homer’s epic Iliad. Troy CANAKKALE, TURKEY The ruins of Troy.
Con men, archaeologists, showmen, and adventurers have traveled over the mountains of Afghanistan, through the jungles of Cambodia, across the deserts of Jordan, and into the very strangest parts of the world, full of hope. Here are seven of the world’s most fascinating lost cities. Many people have gone in search of lost cities, believing in tall tales and ancient legends. But afterwards there occurred violent earthquakes and floods and in a single day and night of misfortune all the warlike men in a body sank into the earth, and the island of Atlantis in like manner disappeared in the depths of the sea.
Now in this island of Atlantis there was a great and wonderful empire which had rule over the whole island and several others. Hidden in the depths of the sea, buried under hillsides, swallowed up by the jungle, or consumed by the wrath of the heavens, lost cities have fascinated ever since Plato told the story of Atlantis: