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Archaeological Evidence of the Trojan War Part 2 🏺 | Troy VIIa, dated to the Late Bronze Age, shows signs of a city under extreme pressure: crowded houses built against the fortification walls, storage jars sunk beneath floors, weapons and sling stones left in the destruction layer, human remains that were never properly buried, and fire damage across both the citadel and lower city. None of this proves that Agamemnon, Achilles, or Helen existed. It does not prove that Homer’s war happened exactly as the epics describe. But it does establish that Troy was fortified, preparing for crisis, violently destroyed, and burned at roughly the period ancient tradition associated with the Trojan War. Sources: Korfmann, Manfred. "Was There a Trojan War?" Archaeology 57, no. 3 (May/June 2004). Rutter, Jeremy B. "Lesson 27: Troy VII and the Historicity of the Trojan War." Aegean Prehistoric Archaeology. Dartmouth College. Accessed 2026. Fitton, Lesley, and Alexandra Villing. "The Search for the Lost City of Troy." British Museum Blog. June 18, 2019. Mylonas, George E. "Priam's Troy and the Date of Its Fall." Hesperia 33, no. 4 (1964): 352–380. Blegen, Carl W., et al. Troy. Vol. IV. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1958. Bertram, Jan-K. "Anatolian Civilizations in Antiquity: Troy." Settlement Archaeology. Middle East Technical University, 2022. "Was There a Trojan War?" Archaeology Magazine Archive. Archaeological Institute of America, May/June 2004. #ancienthistory #ancientgreece #greekmythology #historytok #theodyssey