Bizarre Archaeological Finds That Still Baffle Scientists Today

Ancient Troy

Although they seem like science fiction, the fall of Troy and the Trojan war were real historical events. It wasn't until an archaeologist named Heinrich Schliemann started checking out the sites in 1868 that people actually started to believe the old folktales. Initially, people thought these sites were actually just modern arenas that had been buried during the Turkish civil war. 

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The More You Know

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