Homer history drawing conclusions

In the late nineteenth century, German entrepeneur and adventurer Heinrich Schliemann supposedly set out on his explorations and excavations of Troy and Mycenae with the express purpose of proving that the world of Homer’s heroes really existed.

When he made his amazing discoveries, it was shown that there had been an entire civilization that had existed before the epoch of the Greek city-states.

The British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans, inspired by Schliemann’s discoveries, led excavations on the island of Crete.

He discovered the remains of a palace civilization there – which he dubbed “Minoan” – that proved to be even older than the Mycenean civilization discovered by his German counterpart. He focused on the palace of Knossos, known in Greek mythology as the seat of King Minos and associated with the adventures of Theseus’ defeat of the Minotaur.

These discoveries pushed down the history of ancient Greece by at least another millennium.

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