Ilios; the city and country of the Trojans. The results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the (14774657781)

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Title: Ilios; the city and country of the Trojans. The results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890 Virchow, Rudolf, 1821-1902 Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max), 1823-1900 Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry), 1845-1933 Mahaffy, J. P. (John Pentland), 1839-1919 Brugsch, Heinrich, 1827-1894 Ascherson, Paul, 1834-1913 Postolakas, Achilles Burnouf, Emile, 1821-1907 Calvert, Frank Dufield, Alexander James, 1821-90
Subjects: Archaeology
Publisher: New York: Harper & Bros
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute



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marble statue, which may perhaps be identicalwith the statue of Ajax. The sea is 10 ft. lower than the base of theprimitive tumulus of Ajax ; but in strong southerly storms the mound isnevertheless flooded, and it is therefore very probable that it may havebeen washed away by the waves. What now remains of it is not morethan 3 ft. 4 in. above the surface, and consists of pebbles with a largenumber of fragments of marble sculptures. I sank a shaft in the mound,but struck the rock at a depth of 8 ft. 4 in., and found nothing butpebbles and some large bones identified by Professor Yirchow as horse-bones. There is no trace of a temple. 8 SeeC. G. Lenz, Die Ebene von Troja, nach dern Grafen Choiseul-Gouffier; Keu Strelitz, 1798,p. 77. 654 THE HEROIC TUMULI IN THE TROAD. (Chap. XII. 2. The Tumulus of Achilles.—The second tumulus in succession, calledthat of Achilles, was explored in 1786 by a Jew, by order and on accountof Choiseul-Gouffier, who was at that time French Ambassador at Con-
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Ho 1513. Tumulus called the Tomb of Achilles. stantinople. A shaft was sunk from the top,9 and the virgin soil wasreached at a depth of 29 ft. The upper part of the conical tumulus wasfound to consist of well-beaten clay to the depth of 6 ft.; then followed acompact layer of stones and clay, 2 ft. deep; a third stratum consisted ofearth mixed with sand; a fourth of very fine sand. In the centre wasfound a small cavity, 4 ft. in length and breadth, formed of masonry, andcovered with a flat stone, which had broken under the weight pressingupon it. In the cavity were found charcoal, ashes impregnated with fat,fragments of pottery exactly similar to the Etruscan, several bones, easyto distinguish, among which was a tibia, and the fragment of a skull;also fragments of an iron sword; and a bronze figure seated on a chariotwith horses. Several of the clay vases were much burnt and vitrified,whereas all the painted vessels were unhurt. This is an abstract of theaccount given of the excavation