New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-12
DIR. SCHLIEMANNS WORK At TROR.

/ excavated in lSs2 for Ave months
eli the time $50 la6orers, and aided. oy two
OF the most eminent architects 81 Europe'
field, OF Berlin, The latter OF whom supeFlnLendei
for four years the technical part OF the excavations OF
excavations been no failure put on the contrary! tuey
have yielded far more import mt results than al my
ct,son OF nye prehistoric aud later settlements,
given by In nios," is confirmed By my.archtects,
masses OF cacined doris, which had attributed the
tnlrd city, really belong. 10 the second city,
wlieh lad on tho hill Of Hssar tx only IT'S Perga.
,us VIII five or six edces OF very large dmen ons.
while ts lower city ended east, south. and west on
the plateau We have exca'ated most carefully an the
buildings OF AcropOlis. among which two Of very
large proportions and with walls respectively metre
A. anu % thick seen to us FOR many reasons TO
antiGnty of these buildings fact they
built Of unbaked bricks and that tie walls had been
sides Of each wall and knded simultaneously; each OF
these buildings vast yestbulun, ana each OF tue
front faces OF the lateral walls is provided with six yer
teal uuadraugular DEANS. wnich stood on welpollshed
bases lower par OF which was preserved thougn, OF
course, in a cllcined state. We therefore, see tia in
tnese ancient Trojan temples the dht9 pdfdStadcS
which ia later Hellenic temples III lliei ohly
element ~ construction for they intended 10
tect wa.ends and o. render them capable OF sup
porting tue ponderous weight OF ths superncumbcnt
cross beams ana the We found similar rn.tye
dHi other edhces ana al te lateral walls Vi tus
northwestern gate We found that the great wal
OF the ancient AcrOpOls had been bullt OF un0akrd
bricks and had been baked like the temple walls Ia St.
Law stress the fact similar process " baking
entire walls yot been discovered ana that inc
dntg In tue Hellenic temples are nothing else tuan
"reminiscences OF the wooden anita OF old, which were OF
important constructive use. We discovered IN the
Acropons of the second city three large gates, all Of
which led down the lower city. Homer knew OF only
one gate Troy tile ScRa, sometimes also called the
Daranlau Gae but tins gate was on the west SIDE OF
the city the gates OF the Pergamus are
Toned IN poems The three prehistoric settlements
which succeeded each other IN the cacned ruins or tue
Acropos were poor aud significant aud noue OF them
extended beyond the hill OF Hissalk. The ruins OF the
lower city, therefore, remained deserted Tor
es the bricks crumDled away, and the stones OF the
walls served the settlers Hssar1k for building
their houses OF, the legend Gee straoo. Kill.
500, they used for building tue walls OF SlgeuD
The site was later times occupied by tie Eoic ILu
which there for than 1000 years. but never
Iheless OF the ancient burnt city nave not
been oolteTaed the huge masses OF prehistoric pJtey,
perfectly identical with that or the second city on e
Pergamus which were found IN the extensive eAcaFs-
tons made by me on the lower plateau TESTIFY 70 IT'S ex
stence on the spot Its existence seems fnrther To Dc
proved by the vertical wall represented IN mos, "a,
g. b. "a well by the three gates and above al, ny
tne ground plan number OF loose elices IN tee
Per, anus | have excaNa.ed the latter entirely,
and for tns reason alone tne excavations at Troy must
he considered as terminated reyer. have also eA-
cayated seven of the conlcal tumul called heroic
tOmbs aud have thoroughly explored the ancent clty
on the heights Bunabash well as the sites OF four
oIL ancient tOYns