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Name: Heinrich Schliemann
Birth Date: January 6, 1822
Death Date: December 25, 1890
Place of Birth: Neubukow, Mecklenburg, Germany
Place of Death: Naples, Italy
Nationality: German
Gender: Male
Occupations: archeologist, merchant

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Biography of Heinrich Schliemann
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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...


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Heinrich Schliemann Summary
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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...
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Heinrich Schliemann Summary
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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...
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Heinrich Schliemann Information
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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...


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The Independent - London
The odyssey of Heinrich Schliemann
10/29/1994: 1,474 words, approx. 5 pages
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...
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The Washington Post
Heinrich Schliemann, Self-Taught Scholar
02/27/1995: 310 words, approx. 1 pages
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...
 


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The Significance of Schliemann's Excavation at Troy
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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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Heinrich Schliemann
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