The Trojan War (35 page)

TROY FROM THE WEST.
This aerial view shows the ridge on which Troy stood. The ruins are visible in the foreground, and farmland stretches toward the hills in the distance.
(Hakan Öge)

TOWARD TROY'S HARBOR.
Troy's harbor has been identified as a cove just beyond the Be
ik Promontory in the center of the photo. The island of Tenedos lies to the right.
(Barry Strauss)

GREEK CAMP?
A view from Troy toward the ridge on which the Greeks might have camped. At the time of the Trojan War, most of the fields seen here would have been underwater, covered by a bay of the Dardanelles.
(Barry Strauss)

SEAL FROM TROY.
Three views of the only Bronze Age writing found at Troy: a small, double-sided bronze seal, written in Luwian, bearing the names of a scribe and his wife.
(Troia Project Archives)

BRONZE FIGURINE.
This four-inch-high statuette from the Lower City of Troy VIi shows a man standing in a gesture of prayer. The workmanship appears to be Hittite.
(Mehmet Gülbiz/Dogan Burda Magazine)

CITADEL FORTIFICATIONS.
Anyone attacking Troy's citadel from the east would be forced into an alley between the citadel's imposing fortifications (left) and an overlapping wall (right).
(Barry Strauss)

SOUTH GATE.
The main entrance to Troy's citadel featured a paved street (center) and a monumental tower, part of whose foundations are seen here (left). Note the stele in front of the tower (front left). The canopy (rear) protects an early Bronze Age mud brick wall.
(Barry Strauss)

TROJAN HOUSE.
A large and well-built residence just outside the citadel in the northwest of the Lower City, built in Troy VIi.
(Barry Strauss)

TROJAN DEFENSE.
A part of the defensive ditch around the Lower City, interrupted by a causeway that was protected by a wooden palisade. The stone foundations of later structures are visible on the causeway.
(Troia Project Archives)

SCAMANDER RIVER.
In summer the water level is low in the main river of the Trojan Plain. Note the marshy shores.
(Barry Strauss)

MOUNT IDA.
A spring-fed pool on the south slope of the mountain that overlooks the Troad. Note the deciduous trees.
(Barry Strauss)