Part One: Heinrich Schliemann: The Archaeologist Who Destroyed Troy
Heinrich Schliemann, a 19th-century self-styled archaeologist and compulsive liar, destroyed the actual ruins of Troy while frantically digging for Homer’s fictional city, all while fabricating a childhood obsession to mythologize himself. Alongside him, Giuseppe Ferlini, an Italian treasur
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