what did the archeologists have to say?
In 1868, the German Archeologist Heinrich Shliemann met up with Frank Calvert, who convinced Shcliemann that Troy was at Hissarlik, then Schliemann took over Calvert's excavations on the property that belonged to Calvert. This claim is now accepted by most scholars. Is there really any historical reality behind the Trojan war? Its an open question. many scholars believe that there might be a historical core to the tale, though this might easily mean that the homeric stories are a collage of of many tales and sieges and expectations by Mycenean Greeks during the bronze age. These people who believe that the stories are derived from a specific historical event. Usually dated to the 11th or 12th centuries BC, often preferring the dates given by Erathenes, 1184-1194 BC, which roughly corresponds with archeological evidence of a catastrophic burning of the city of Troy Vlla. The Trojan war was/is thought to be a myth along with many other things, like the Greeks gods.