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of Athena — A small cellar — Skeletons of warriors with copper helmets
and a lance — Structure of the helmet-crests — Terra-cottas — A crucible
with copper still in it—Other objects — Extreme fineness of the engravings
on the whorls — Pottery — Stone implements — Copper pins and other
objects .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Page 276

CHAPTER XXI.

Pergamus of Troy, April idth, 1873.

Discovery of a street in the Pergamus — Three curious stone walls of different
periods — Successive fortifications of the hill — Remains of ancient houses
under the temple of Athena, that have suffered a great conflagration —
Older house-walls below these, and a wall of fortification — Store, with
the nine colossal jars — The great Altar — Objects found east of the
Tower — Pottery with Egyptian hieroglyphics — Greek and other terra-
cottas, &c. — Remarkable owl-vase — Handle, with an ox-head — Various
very curious objects — A statue of one Metrodorus by Pytheas of Argos,
with an inscription — Another Greek inscription, in honour of C. Claudius
Nero .. .. .. .. ., .. .. .. .. 287

CHAPTER XXII.

Pergamus of Troy, May lOlh, 1873.

Interruptions through festivals — Opening of the tumulus of Batiea —

— Pottery like that of the Trojan stratum at Hissarlik, and nothing else

— No trace of burial — Its age — Further discoveries of burnt Trojan
houses — Proof of their successive ages — Their construction ■—• Discovery
of a double gateway, with the copper bolts of the gates — The " SCjEan
Gate " of Homer — Tests of the extent of ancient Troy — The place
where Priam sat to view the Greek forces — Homer's knowledge of the
Heroic Troy only traditional — Description of the gates, the walls, and
the " Palace of Priam " — Vases, &c, found in Priam's house — Copper,
ivory, and other implements — The Siim afx^iKvireXKa — Houses dis-
covered on the north platform — Further excavations of the city walls —
Statuettes and vessels of the Greek period — Top of the Tower of Ilium
uncovered, and its height determined — A curious trench in it, probably
for the archers — Further excavations at Bunarbashi : only-a few frag-
ments of Greek pottery — The site of Ilium uninhabited since the end of
the fourth century — The place confused with Alexandria Troas — No
Byzantine remains at Hissarlik — Freshness of the Greek sculptures 300

CHAPTER XXIII.

Troy, June 17<tk, 1873.

Further discoveries of fortifications — The great discovery of the Treasure
on the city wall—Expedient for its preservation — The articles of the
Treasure described — The Shield — The Caldron — Bottle and Vases
of Gold — The golden Soras afirjuKvirtWov — Modes of working the
gold — A cup of electrum — Silver plates, probably the talents of
Homer — Vessels of Silver— Copper lance-heads : their peculiar form —
Copper battle-axes — Copper daggers — Metal articles fused together