Explores the personal life and career achievements of Heinrich Schliemann, a driven and sometimes dishonest archeologist who attempted to discover the lost city of Troy.
Discusses the excavations of Heinrich Schliemann at Troy and other Aegean sites; presents the mythology connected with Agamemnon; and speculates on the decline of the Mycenaean civilization.
Photographs, maps, and text describe the discovery and excavation of the ancient city of Troy, which was made famous in Homer's "Iliad," and examines the early work of amateur archeologist Heinrich Schliemann and the artifacts he helped to uncover.
Photographic exhibition of the ancient artifacts known as the "Gold of Troy," excavated by German amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann in the late 1800s, with information on the history of the treasure which is now housed at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow.
Discusses the efforts of Heinrich Schliemann to uncover the ancient city of Troy and what his archeological finds revealed about life in this legendary location.
A biographical portrait of archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, describing how his youthful determination to live a romantic and heroic life came true when he discovered the lost city of Troy.
Traces Heinrich Schliemann's search for and discovery of the site of ancient Troy and discusses the mythology and possible historical facts connected with the siege of that city.
