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1873.J PRESENT STATE OF THE RUINS. 349
firm conviction that Troy was not to be found upon the
primary soil, but at a depth of from 23 to 33 feet, I
ceased to break down any house-wall in these strata, so
that in my excavations of this year a number of Trojan
houses have been brought to light. They will still stand
for centuries, and visitors to the Troad may convince
themselves that the stones of the Trojan buildings can
never have been used for building other towns, for the
greater part of them are still in situ. Moreover, they are
small, and millions of such stones are to be found upon all
the fields of this district.
Valuable stones, such as those large flags which cover
the road leading from the Scaean Gate to the Plain, as well
as the stones of the enclosing wall and of the Great Tower,
have been left untouched, and not a single stone of the
Scaean Gate is wanting. Nay, with the exception of the
houses which I myself destroyed, it would be quite possible
to uncover the " carcasses " of all the houses, as in the case
of Pompeii. The houses, as I have already said, must have
been very high, and a great deal of wood must have been
used in their construction, for otherwise the conflagration
could not have produced such an enormous quantity of
ashes and rubbish.
In my excavations of 1871 and 1872, at a depth of
from 7 to 10 meters (23 to ^ feet), I found only house-
walls composed of sun-dried bricks; and, as anyone may
convince himself by examining the houses which I have un-
covered, this style of building was almost exclusively met
with during that year. It is only the buildings by the side
of the Scasan Gate, and a few houses in the depths of the
Temple of Athena, that are made of stones and earth.
As may be seen from my plan of the site of Troy, I
have excavated two-thirds of the entire city; and, as
I have brought to light the Great Tower, the Scaean Gate,
the city wall of Troy, the royal palace, the sacrificial altar
°f the Ilian Athena, and so forth, I have uncovered
firm conviction that Troy was not to be found upon the
primary soil, but at a depth of from 23 to 33 feet, I
ceased to break down any house-wall in these strata, so
that in my excavations of this year a number of Trojan
houses have been brought to light. They will still stand
for centuries, and visitors to the Troad may convince
themselves that the stones of the Trojan buildings can
never have been used for building other towns, for the
greater part of them are still in situ. Moreover, they are
small, and millions of such stones are to be found upon all
the fields of this district.
Valuable stones, such as those large flags which cover
the road leading from the Scaean Gate to the Plain, as well
as the stones of the enclosing wall and of the Great Tower,
have been left untouched, and not a single stone of the
Scaean Gate is wanting. Nay, with the exception of the
houses which I myself destroyed, it would be quite possible
to uncover the " carcasses " of all the houses, as in the case
of Pompeii. The houses, as I have already said, must have
been very high, and a great deal of wood must have been
used in their construction, for otherwise the conflagration
could not have produced such an enormous quantity of
ashes and rubbish.
In my excavations of 1871 and 1872, at a depth of
from 7 to 10 meters (23 to ^ feet), I found only house-
walls composed of sun-dried bricks; and, as anyone may
convince himself by examining the houses which I have un-
covered, this style of building was almost exclusively met
with during that year. It is only the buildings by the side
of the Scasan Gate, and a few houses in the depths of the
Temple of Athena, that are made of stones and earth.
As may be seen from my plan of the site of Troy, I
have excavated two-thirds of the entire city; and, as
I have brought to light the Great Tower, the Scaean Gate,
the city wall of Troy, the royal palace, the sacrificial altar
°f the Ilian Athena, and so forth, I have uncovered