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   XPost: sci.archaeology   
   From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   The story of Troy...   
      
   They found the city, right?   
      
   No. Of course not. They found a city and declared one of the layers   
   in that archaeology "Troy" but, it's not Troy.   
      
   There was never a Trojan War.   
      
   First off, people had been "Finding" and identifying "Troy" for more   
   than a century... elsewhere. And the man credited with finally   
   closing the books on the popular location today was Heinrich   
   Schliemann, a rich fraud. The moment he decided to put a shovel in   
   the ground it was guaranteed he was either going to find something   
   and call it Troy, or he was going to manufacture it...   
      
   The Trojan War is based on the far more ancient tale of the siege   
   of Joppa, under Thutmose III. This, in turn, is denounced by many   
   to be as fictional as the later Greek retelling/renaming. Some   
   have even argued that Joppa was recycled from an earlier tale   
   exactly as Troy was...   
      
   What's even more fascinating is that there's a similar case with   
   Romeo and Juliet. There were contemporary versions floating   
   around -- contemporary to Shakespeare & company. And the whole   
   damn thing was based on the ancient story of Pyramus and Thisbe.   
   But, between it and Shakespeare were numerous other "Child"   
   works... and some even claim that Pyramus and Thisbe was itself   
   based on earlier tales. But...   
      
   But it's Troy and the Trojan War that draws the strongest parallels   
   to the bible. After all, it includes gods & magic yet people STILL   
   see it as true!   
      
   "Everything old is new again"   
      
   It's a myth. It's not real.   
      
      
      
      
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