Archaeologists excavating the ruins of ancient Troy have brought to light new evidence of a violent conflict during the Bronze Age, which seems to reflect Homer’s Iliad. According to the Iliad, the war began when Paris of Troy abducted Helen, wife of the king of Sparta, provoking a siege of the Greeks who lasted ten years. The most famous scene in history is the wooden horse, used by the Greeks to invade the city and destroy it from within. Now, a group of Turkish researchers has discovered dozens of clay and smooth sling stones, found just outside the palace walls, along with arrows, burnt buildings and hasty buried human bones. As the Daily Mail reports, experts argue that the findings form a creepy image of a close distance and a sudden, destructive fall, as the ancient Greeks describe. ‘The concentration of these slingshot stones in such a small area indicates a strong battle, or desperate […]
Source: News Beast
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