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Archaeological Evidence of the Trojan War 🏺 | Troy was real. Archaeologists have identified its ruins at Hisarlık in modern Turkey. But a group of 13th-century BC Hittite records may connect that real Bronze Age city to the Troy remembered by Homer. The Hittites called the city Wilusa, a name that corresponds linguistically to Wilios, the earlier form of Homer’s Ilios. One surviving treaty names its ruler as Alaksandu, a name corresponding to the Greek Alexandros, which also happens to be the formal name of the Trojan prince Paris. Other Hittite documents describe military action involving Wilusa and a past conflict with the Ahhiyawa, a people associated with the Mycenaean Greeks, or Homer’s Achaeans. None of this proves that Homer’s Trojan War happened. It does, however, place a city corresponding to Troy inside the real world of the Late Bronze Age. And the treaty fragment that preserves part of this story? It is now in the British Museum, where it is currently not on display. Sources: "Wilusa." Madain Project. Accessed 2026. "A Hittite Treaty with Wilusa." Anistor: Greek and World History. Accessed 2026. "What Did the Hittites Write About the Trojan War?" The Collector. July 9, 2025. "Digging Up Troy." Lapham's Quarterly. March 31, 2017. "In Search of Troy." Smithsonian Magazine. February 18, 2022. "Troy: The Real Bronze Age Citadel Beneath Homer's Iliad." The Dark Atlas. May 19, 2026. "When Was the Trojan War? Finding Legendary Troy in History." The Collector. May 18, 2025. "Why Did the World End in 1200 BCE?" Ancient Near East Today. December 20, 2024. #ancienthistory #ancientgreece #greekmythology #odyssey #historytok