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Question
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What things led Dörpfeld to identify Troy VI as Priam’s city?
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high walls and towers around the citadel
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wealthy city with imports from around the Mediterranean and Near East
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destroyed after hundreds of years of continuous habitation
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evidence of a siege with skeletons and missiles found
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dating ‘Priam’s Treasure’ to this layer
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -He concludes that Troy VI was destroyed by an earthquake and not fire. Studying Troy VII, he discovers evidence of a conflagration and concludes that it could be the Homer’s city. 1988 German archaeologist Manfred Korfmann begins excavations that continue until his death in 2005.
Detailed explanation-2: -3, 000 years ago, the ancient Greek poet Homer told the story of the ill-fated city of Troy and the great Trojan War in his powerful epic, the Iliad. This mythical tale of love and war has captured imaginations ever since.
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