Schliemann's

Schliemann's Troy now exhibits many of the constituent objects in the form of replicas.

Recovering Vanished Art J. S. Marcus 2010

Berlin's recently renovated Neues Museum, home to the city's so-called "Early and Prehistory" collections, contains a hall named "Schliemann's Troy."

Recovering Vanished Art J. S. Marcus 2010

Thus, facsimiles are used to show some of the most splendid jewelry from Schliemann's treasure, which included over 10,000 artifacts bequeathed to the German people "for eternal ownership and undivided preservation" (a concept that sounds bizarre, given today's American museum deaccessioning bazaar).

What's Old Is Neues Again Tom L. Freudenheim 2010

Thus, facsimiles are used to show some of the most splendid jewelry from Schliemann's treasure, which included over 10,000 artifacts bequeathed to the German people "for eternal ownership and undivided preservation" (a concept that sounds bizarre, given today's American museum deaccessioning bazaar).

What's Old Is Neues Again Tom L. Freudenheim 2010

Thus, facsimiles are used to show some of the most splendid jewelry from Schliemann's treasure, which included over 10,000 artifacts bequeathed to the German people "for eternal ownership and undivided preservation" (a concept that sounds bizarre, given today's American museum deaccessioning bazaar).

What's Old Is Neues Again Tom L. Freudenheim 2010

Suspiciously, the gold jewelry doesn't appear in Schliemann's first report.

The Golden Hoard 2008

(Paintings and sculptures were put on special trains; Schliemann's gold was flown to Moscow.)

The Golden Hoard 2008

The two letters published here for the first time, besides giving us useful information about Schliemann's 1878 excavations, help us to view Schliemann from the perspective of a discriminating contemporary and throw interesting sidelights on his enigmatic character.

Commentary: Letters from Troy 2002

David A. Traill, a professor of classics at the University of California, Davis, has written extensively on Schliemann's life and work.

Commentary: Letters from Troy 2002

Well over a century after Schliemann's excavations, our knowledge of this ancient Anatolian city has been transformed by the work of architect Wilhelm Dörpfeld, who succeeded Schliemann; Carl Blegen of the University of Cincinnati, who excavated there in the 1930s; and Manfred Korfmann of Tübingen University together with the international team that renewed excavations there in 1988.

At the Museums: Dream to Reality; Treasures from Ancient Syria 2001