Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-05

% feet of this was the natural hin
and the remaining 50 feet was COM
posed of a mass of rubbish, ground
and bricks, Beneath this he found a
perpleNtng mass OF walls and build
ings.
Sehltemaun's first work was to dig
q trench through the hill and remove
the ruins Of the walls Of the Pergama.
From this he concluded that there
We're six strata upon which cities had
been built, Further that the sixth
was the one where the Romans of the
Ausustan Age had built their Ilium.
and that the first or lowest stratum
represented llion.
In the second city he had discoy.
cred the walls OF the large citadel to
be " feet high, In some places where
these are IN ruins they were only six
feet, Upon these were built walls OF
sun-hurnt bricks. These bricks were
about ! foot long, | foot wide and 4
inches in thickness At various In
tervals beams were thrust through
the brick walls to hold them together.
These beams In the destruction OF
Troy were burnt and SD the bricks
immediately around the beams are of
u reddish color due to the fire, This,
he thought, proved that the bricks
were not baked like ours before they
were put into the wall.
The palace walls OF the second city
he found to be Z or s feet high, but
very much thinner than those OF the
city, The average thickness OF these
was about ~ feet. In the palace DR..
Schliomann found various treasures
which he conjectured to have been
placed there Just before the sacking
of the city by the Greeks, These were
supposed to have been contained In q
wooden box which was burned when
the city was given to the flames The
key OF this box he found near tho ar
ticles of the treasure. There were
globular objects, vases, two beautiful
diadems OF gold. ono golden fillet
about Is inches long, four golden ear
rings. Sc smaller earrings and 5000
objects of gold. In the treasure. This
proves that these were not the relics
of a tribe of harbarians but OF a ma
tton of great taste and wealth at
home, These articles are now IN the
Schliemann Museum at Berlin.
Prof Goodwin believes that the Hill
upon which Nova llium was built ia
about Az miles from the Hellespont.
Under the northeast corner of the
Hill OF Troy he thought the confluence
of the ancient rivers, Simois and
Scamander, to have occurred
Schliemann thought that on the
natural hill six cities had been sue
ccssivoly built, but his successor, DR..
Doerffold, has proved that there were
nine strata; that upon the ninth,
Nova Hum had been built: and on
the sixth, llion. the city OF tho Greeks.
Although Doerffeld cannot prove that
there was burning OF this city,
nevertheless he substantiates his
claim by the various kinds OF pottery
which he found there. Such pottery.
Of the time and Of the city Of Aga
momnon, Troy would have possessed.
This ia considered as very good au-
thorty for his belief lie further
claims that the second city must have
been built about $500 years b. G.
The walls OF Mantinea and Athens
were built of the same material and
In the same manner as the walls OF
the second city.
Prof. Goodwin substantiates his be-
lief Of the situation OF ancient Troy
from tho story OF the seventh book OF
the Had. where messengers are sent
to the Grecian camp from Troy to ar
range an armistlce. After confer
ence OF half OF day they returned
to Troy. Therefore Troy would more
likely have been only az miles from
the Hellespont where the Grecian
camp was situated.
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