Troy also refers to a real ancient city, also known as Hisarlık, located on the northwest coast of Turkey about 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) from the Dardanelles.

Archaeologists are continuing excavations at the ancient city of Troy in northwestern Türkiye, a UNESCO World Heritage Site ...

Archaeologists at ancient Troy uncover 3,500-year-old sling stones, offering new clues to the legendary Trojan War.

Today archaeologists consider Troy VI—the sixth counting from the bottom up—to be the likeliest candidate for Homer’s Troy. This city dates from around 1700 to 1250 B.C., and its citizens ...

The ancient city of Troy was located along the northwest coast of Asia Minor, in what is now Turkey. It occupied a strategic position on the Dardanelles, a narrow water channel that connects the ...

The ancient skeleton of a woman who lived near the storied city of Troy has given up the secrets of what killed her. Researchers unearthed the Byzantine bones and discovered both that she was ...

Blegen became famous for helping uncover the ancient city of Troy, found in present-day Hisarlik, Turkey, and the setting for the Greek myth of the Trojan War as told in the epic poems of Homer.

In parts of the ancient word, wine has long been thought as a luxury reserved only for the elite. But a new study reveals the mighty ancient city of Troy may have been the exception. Scientists in ...

The Hunt: How the Ancient City of Troy Was Found (and Nearly Destroyed) Explorers had searched for years for the possibly mythical, possibly real city. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, The Procession of ...

(File photo)A woman and her children look out from inside the wooden replica of the Trojan Horse in Troy, in Dardanelles, July 11, 2007. (Reuters photo) ANKARA, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's tourism ...

The ancient city of Troy last year attracted over half a million visitors -- the most visitors in a decade -- officials said on Monday. Over 531,500 people visited the ancient city in northwestern ...

However, in a new study of ancient DNA, researchers reported evidence of a woman who died of a pregnancy complication — specifically, a fatal bacterial infection — 800 years ago at Troy.