Episode R8 – The Thousand Year Gap

The Ancient World

Scott C.

History

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2014

⏱️ 37 minutes

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“Whilst fully recognizing his enterprise, devotion, and energy in carrying out these excavations, I cannot but express the regret that Dr. Schliemann should have allowed the ‘enthusiasm,’ which, as he himself admits, ‘borders on fanaticism,’ to make it so paramount an object with him to discover the Troy described by Homer, as to induce him either to suppress or to pervert every fact brought to light that could not be reconciled with the Iliad.” – Frank Calvert, 1875 Despite numerous returns to Hisarlik, Heinrich Schliemann was unable to establish the layer holding Homer’s Troy. It was only near the end of his life, with the aid of Wilhelm Dorpfeld, that his quest was finally rewarded. In the meantime, Schliemann’s excavations at Mycenae and Tiryns had shed new light on the wealth and power of Late Bronze Age Greece. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:17.0	Episode R8, The Thousand Year Gap. year gap. In October 1871 Heinrich Schlemon returned to his
1:30.1	Sarlic with a vengeance. Turning 70 workmen loose on the mound for a period of six weeks.
1:37.8	It was only near the end of the dig, at a depth of around 30 feet, thatlemont finally struck pay dirt, excavating a cash of bronze age metalwork.
1:49.2	Though the find was small, it was enough to fire his imagination and ensure his return the following year.
1:57.0	In April 1872, Schlemond redoubled his efforts, engaging 120 workmen to remove 60 cubic meters of Earth
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