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...Schliemann sided with the inhabitants of ancient Ilion, and in 1870 undertook excavations, which he continued until 1890, on the hill now called Hissarlik. After Schliemann's death these excavations were continued by Professor Dorpfeld until 1894, first at the expense of Mrs. Schliemann and then at the expense of the German emperor...
...photographs, as shown by the slides, these early settlements have an extremely ancient and primitive look. Of these five a srata Professor Dorpfeld described one, the second from the bottom, at length, regrading this to be of special importance. This also was a citadel with great walls and towers; Schliemann believed it to be the citadel of Priam. I this stratum he found the celebrated articles of gold which he denominated the "Treasure of Priam." This citadel, however, is certainly earlier than the time of the Trojan war. In viewing it one involuntarily recalls, as Professor Dorpfeld suggested, the tradition...
Professor Dorpfeld, by means of a vertical section of the hill, which showed the different strata one above the other, made it very clear how Schliemann came to overlook the upper citadel...
...assisted in the excavations at Olympia. Since then he has devoted all his energies to original investigations which have brought before the public with a vividness never before possible the glories of ancient Greece. After his work at Olympia he carried on the excavations at Troy with Dr. Schliemann, and although Dr. Schliemann's name is more familiar in connection with Troy, it was really Dr. Dorpfeld's technical skill and wide experience that made the former's works possible. He next undertook with Schliemann excavations at Tiryns, Orchomenos, and in Crete; and, after Schliemann's death, returned to complete...
However, Dr. Doerpfeld continued the work of excavation and found three more cities. Dr. Schliemann in his investigations had overlooked the shell which had been left in excavating the mound. This was dug into by Dr. Doerpfeld and the other cities disclosed. These were built in the years from 3000 B. C. down to the time of Augustus...