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Finding the Lost City of Troy (Full Episode) | Legend of Troy | National Geographic [44:15]
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| August 13, 2026
| National Geographic
Posted on 08/16/2026 6:28:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Written in ancient Greek poet Homer's "The Odyssey" and "The Iliad," the legends of the Trojan War and the lost city of Troy were believed to be nothing more than myth for centuries. But in 1860, a millionaire named Heinrich Schliemann set out on a relentless quest to prove the legends were real, uncovering ancient secrets and sparking a golden age of archaeology. In this full episode of The Legend of Troy: Epic Rise and Fall from National Geographic, explore ancient civilization and early archaeology in episode one, "The Schliemann Legacy." Finding the Lost City of Troy (Full Episode) | Legend of Troy | 44:15
National Geographic | 26.3M subscribers | 25,802 views | August 13, 2026
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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; heinrichschliemann; homer; iliad; theodyssey; trojanwar; troy; turkey
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SunkenCiv
BBC documentary series presented by Michael Wood. In the Bronze Age the Mediterranean was ringed by great powers whose territory was protected by military strength and diplomatic alliance. So how would Agamemnon's ten-year war on the shores of Asia have been viewed by his neighbours?
Remarkable finds in central Turkey have unearthed the foreign office records of the Hittite emperors. With these clay tablets, now held in East Berlin, it is possible to reconstruct the diplomatic crisis which may have surrounded a real-life Trojan War. It includes a 500-mile 'campaign' through Turkey in the footsteps of the Emperor Hattusilis, and a confrontation with the 'Great King of Greece' himself. In Search of the Trojan War
- 5. Empire of the Hittites (BBC) | 59:54
Culture Vulture Rises | 16.9K subscribers
5,970 views | September 18, 2023
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08/16/2026 6:29:14 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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SunkenCiv
(TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
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SunkenCiv
(TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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