Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) was a German merchant, world traveler, and archeologist. A man of enormous linguistic ability and personal determination, he combined a romantic enthusiasm and the calculating abilities of a practical realist in his...

Heinrich Schliemann Born January 6, 1822, Heubukow, Mecklenburq-Schwerin, Germany Died December 26, 1890, Naples, Italy Since the Middle Ages, historians, mapmakers, and travelers have tried to find the actual sites where the events of Homer’s...

1822-1890 German Archaeologist and Businessman Heinrich Schliemann, a self-educated German businessman turned archaeologist, unearthed the ruins of ancient Troy and other lost cities mentioned in the Iliad of Homer. This accomplishment stunned many who...

Heinrich Schliemann (pronounced [ˈʃliːman]; Neubukow (Germany), January 6, 1822 - Naples (Italy), December 26, 1890) was a German treasure hunter, an advocate of the historical reality of places mentioned in the works of Homer, and an important...

Heinrich Schliemann was a strange figure, and his arrogant, driven and highly anxious nature is inseparable from what was one of the most remarkable quests of 19th-century archaeology, the search for Homer's Troy, the city of Priam and Hector, besieged by Achilles and the...

The article "Travels of the Trojan Hoard" by Amy E. Schwartz {op- ed, Feb. 3} is generally accurate regarding the so-called Treasure of Priam from the ancient site of Troy. That it has been identified at the Pushkin Museum serves to confirm what some...

Despite all of the allegations and controversy relating to Schliemann's personal life and work ethic, he still had a profound and permanent impact upon archaeology. Shliemann's many lies lead to the questioning of the reliability of his work, but these for the most part do not devalue his accomplishments.

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