Descriptions of the two city ruins of the Trojan War.

1. Mycenae and Troy
Cities of the Trojan War
First created 5 Jun 2021. Version 1.0 9 Jun 2021. Daperro. London.

2. The story of the Trojan War took place between 1194 BC and 1184 BC, say 12th Century BC. In another word, it was an event happened
some 7 or 8 centuries before Classical Greece. It happens at the dawn of European history near the end of the Mycenaean Age.
Date of the Trojan War

3. Geographics location of Mycenae and Troy
Map of the Aegean Sea with Europe on the west and Asia on the east.
Mycenae
Troy

4. Trojan War on Pottery
Story of the Trojan War painted on pottery. It shows Achilles killed Hector and dragged his body behind the chariot.

5. Mycenaean soldiers in 12C BC. This were the soldiers who would have been the destroyers of Troy.
Mycenaean Soldiers on Pottery

6. The Trojan War was fought in the late Bronze Age. There were no iron helmets, some might had wear these tusk helmet.
Boar’s-tusk Helmet, Mycenae
This was found in Mycenaean tomb. This one dates to 13C BC.
National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

7. Ivory rendition of a figure-of-eight shield 13C BC.
Early Body Armour and Shield

8. A reconstructed hacking and
slashing swords (near).
Weapons, Mycenae
A collection of Mycenaean
swords. Earlier swords were
long pointed weapons designed
for thrusting and not cuttings.
Shorter sword appeared in 13C
BC, as the longer swords
disappeared. These were used
for thrusting, hacking and
cutting.

9. War Ship, Mycenae
Very little is known about the
Mycenaean ships. However there is
a detail painting from the Aegean
Island of Thera, which shows a
procession of ship. It was painted
300 years before the Trojan War.

10. City of Mycenae
The city of Mycenae is located in southern Greece or
north-eastern Peloponnese. The picture is a model of
city of Mycenae was founded in 1350-1200 BC, in the
late Bronze Age.

11. Ruins of Mycenae, Greece
This is the ruin of the city of Mycenae on a hill top. The city was founded in 1350-1200 BC, some 3000 years ago. It is a
miracle that we can still walk among an ancient untouched so long ago.

12. Entrance to the walled city
The main entrance of the city was erected in 13c BC, around 1250 BC.

13. The lion carving above the gate is the sole surviving Mycenaean sculpture.
Mycenaean Sculpture

14. Grave Circle A is a 16C BC royal cemetery by the entrance of the walled city. A total of 19 bodies were buried here. Most of
the treasury of Mycenae were found here, include the most gold mask.
Grave Circle A, Mycenae

15. The majority of the remaining city is like the photo above.
Mycenae city

16. The gold mask was discovered at the
cemetery by the entrance of the wall
of the city. It was discovered by
Heinrich Schliemann in 1876. Modern
archaeological research suggests, it is
about c1600 BC, which predating the
Trojan War.
Gold Mask, Mycenae
The Mask of Agamemnon. 1550-1500 BC
(c300-400 years before the Trojan War). Gold.
Mycenae. National Museum of Athens.
Three other masks were also
discovered.

17. Gold Mask, Mycenae
Death Mask 1650 BC. Gold. Mycenae. National Museum of Athens.
Death Mask 16C BC. Gold. Mycenae. National Museum of Athens.

18. Lion’s Head Rhyton
The gold rhyton was used as a container from which fluids were intended to be drunk or to be poured in some rituals..

19. Mycenae, Burial Mount
Not far from the city is this burial mount or Tholos Tombs. The burial chamber was built by hollowed out of the hillside.

20. The is known as ‘The Treasury of Atreus’, a tholoi tombs in Mycenae. This one is a royal tombs, built in 13C BC.
Tholos Tomb Burial Mount

21. The burial chamber is large and airy. Note the door opening on the lefe leading into a small room..
Interior of The Treasury of Atreus

22. A polychrome sculpture head or a
stuccoed woman’s head was found at the
foot of the Acropolis of Mycenae. It dates
from the 13C BC. It is the only rare
example statue we have found.
Mycenaean Sculpture Head
The woman may have been the head of a
sphinx or perhaps the head of a goddess.
The article is on display at the National
Archaeological Museum in Athens.

23. This is a model of Troy during the period for
the Trojan War (1194-1184 BC).
City of Troy

24. Plain at Troy
Troy was possibly a naval power whose wealth depended on the collecting taxes for using the Dardanelles. This is likely to
have been the cause of the war between the Greek and Troy.

25. Stonehenge
Entrance to the walled city of Troy.
Ruins of Troy, Turkey

26. Troy
There were 9 different cities in Troy. The city associated with the Trojan War is the sixth layer.

27. The Ruin at Troy

28. Ramparts of Troy II (2500-2200 BC), the main gate into the city. It marked the boundary of the inner wall for the Homer’s Troy.
The Ruin at Troy

29. Odeum in the Greek period of Troy IX (700BC -350 BC). Troy.
The Ruin at Troy

30. Alexander the Great visited Troy and left his armour at the temple of Athena and ran naked to Achilles’ burial.
The Ruin at Troy

31. A reconstructed panoramic view of Troy VI looking west. At the time, the city situated very near to the sea.
A Reconstruction of Troy 1700-1250 BC

32. South gateway of Troy VI, showing the gateway and the south tower.
A Reconstruction of Troy 1700-1250 BC

33. The landing of the Mycenaean at Troy, according to the legend, the war lasted for ten years.
A Reconstruction of Troy 1700-1250 BC

34. A possible device, a ‘Wooden Horse’ that enable the Mycenaean to breach Troy’s wall.
A Reconstruction of Troy 1700-1250 BC

35. A Possible Troy ‘Wooden Horse’

36. The
End
Music – Beethoven-Symphony No8 in F
- Il Allegretto Scherzando

37. History