Troy

Past
WHO built the cities: The Trojans.
WHAT did they build: Multiple cities on top of each other.
WHEN did they build them: Multiple dates.
WHERE did they build them: Greece.
WHY is this important: Because one of these cities may be the Troy in the Iliad, and they all teach us about history. HOW did they build on top of other cities: By building on the ruins or rubble of a city that no longer existed.

Present
WHO found them: Heinrich Schliemann.
WHAT did he find: Nine cities of Troy.
WHEN did he start: 1870.
WHERE did he dig: Mount Hissarlik, Greece.
WHY was he searching for them: To fulfil his childhood dream of proving that Homer's Troy was real.
HOW did he find them: He dug on Mount Hissarlik, about four miles from the Aegean Sea.

Inspired by his childhood dream, Heinrich Schliemann searched for and then excavated the multiple cities of Troy that were built on top of each other's ruins. He wanted to prove that Homer's Iliad was really true. He started excavating on Mount Hissarlik in 1870. Schliemann excavated a total of nine different Troys. Assuming that the Iliad's Troy had to be near the bottom level, Schliemann unknowingly destroyed lots of valuable artifacts from the Troys in higher strata.

In 1873, Schliemann found many artifacts, many made of precious metals such as gold and silver. He named them Priam's Treasure because King Priam supposedly ruled over Troy during the Trojan War. Many archaeologists today do not believe that the Priam's Treasure had anything to do with the Trojan War because the artifacts came from different dates.